Description
Affected versions of marked are vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service.
The amplification in this vulnerability is significant, with 1,000 characters resulting in the event loop being blocked for around 6 seconds.
Recommendation
Update the marked package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:
- Affected version(s): < 0.3.9
- Patched version(s): 0.3.9
References
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