GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-c942-mfmp-p4fh Markdownify subject to Remote Code Execution via malicious markdown file

HIGH Published 2022-10-19 Modified 2025-05-08 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2022-41709
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
electron-markdownify
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-829
Reviewed
2022-10-25

Affected packages

• npm electron-markdownify: <= 1.4.1 (no fix yet)

Description

Markdownify version 1.4.1 allows an external attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely on any client attempting to view a malicious markdown file through Markdownify. This is possible because the application has the "nodeIntegration" option enabled. There are currently no patched versions and no known workarounds.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2022-41709 Markdownify version 1.4.1 allows an external attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely on any client attempting to view a malicious… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-829 Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere weakness

References