GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-x6m6-5hrf-fh6r Denial of Service in markdown-it-toc-and-anchor

HIGH Published 2020-09-01 Modified 2023-12-07 Official page ↗
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
markdown-it-toc-and-anchor
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-400
Reviewed
2020-08-31

Affected packages

• npm markdown-it-toc-and-anchor: < 4.2.0 → fixed in 4.2.0

Description

All versions of `markdown-it-toc-and-anchor` are vulnerable to Denial of Service. Parsing markdown containing `text+\n@[toc]` causes the application to enter and infinite loop. Recommendation No fix is currently available. Consider using an alternative module until a fix is made available.

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption weakness

References