Vulnerability library
Security checkFebruary 01, 2023

Regular Expression Denial of Service (REDoS) in Marked

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Medium severitynpmmarked

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Description

Regular expression Denial of Service

A Denial of Service attack can affect anyone who runs user generated code through marked.

Recommendation

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

  • Affected version(s): >= 1.1.1, < 2.0.0
  • Patched version(s): 2.0.0

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