CVE-2026-54701 (GCVE-0-2026-54701)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-14 19:11
Modified
2026-10-20 02:01
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VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Summary
Markdown Preview Enhanced is a Markdown preview extension for Visual Studio Code. Prior to 0.8.30, Markdown Preview Enhanced reads repository-controlled .crossnote/head.html content and passes it through resolvePathsInHeader before inserting it into the head of the preview webview document without removing executable content. Script-capable markup executes while the document loads, before the React application and DOMPurify initialize, and can access acquireVsCodeApi to send messages from the webview to the extension host. Opening a Markdown preview in a malicious repository is sufficient to trigger the injected content, and no additional click within the notification or preview is required. This issue is fixed in version 0.8.30.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| shd101wyy | vscode-markdown-preview-enhanced |
Version: < 0.8.30 |
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| Author | Source | Type | Date |
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Nomenclature
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