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Security checkJanuary 09, 2023

Regular Expression Denial of Service

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Description

A flaw was found in nodejs-marked versions from 0.5.0 to before 0.6.1. Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS). Input to the host variable is vulnerable when input contains parenthesis in link URIs, coupled with a high number of link tokens in a single line.

Recommendation

Update the marked package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

  • Affected version(s): >= 0.5.0, < 0.6.1
  • Patched version(s): 0.6.1

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