GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-9q5w-79cv-947m Unsafe defaults in `remark-html`
CRITICAL
Official page ↗
- Aliases
- CVE-2021-39199
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- remark-html
- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
- Reviewed
- 2021-09-07
Affected packages
• npm remark-html: < 13.0.2 → fixed in 13.0.2
• npm remark-html: >= 14.0.0, < 14.0.1 → fixed in 14.0.1
Description
Impact
The documentation of `remark-html` has mentioned that it was safe by default. In practise the default was never safe and had to be opted into. This means arbitrary HTML can be passed through leading to potential XSS attacks.
Patches
The problem has been patched in 13.0.2 and 14.0.1: `remark-html` is now safe by default, and the implementation matches the documentation.
Workarounds
On older affected versions, pass `sanitize: true`, like so:
```diff
• .use(remarkHtml)
+ .use(remarkHtml, {sanitize: true})
```
References
n/a
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
• Open an issue in `remark-html`
• Email us at [email protected]
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2021-39199 remark-html is an open source nodejs library which compiles Markdown to HTML. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- https://github.com/remarkjs/remark-html/security/advisories/GHSA-9q5w-79cv-947m web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-39199 advisory
- https://github.com/remarkjs/remark-html/commit/b75c9dde582ad87ba498e369c033dc8a350478c1 web
- https://github.com/remarkjs/remark-html package
- https://github.com/remarkjs/remark-html/releases/tag/14.0.1 web
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/remark-html web