CVE-2021-43308 MEDIUM

CVE-2021-43308: Exponential ReDoS in markdown-link-extractor

Vendor Markdown-Link-Extractor
Product markdown-link-extractor
Weakness CWE-1333
Published June 1, 2022
Last update September 16, 2024

CVSS base score

5.9/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

An exponential ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service) can be triggered in the markdown-link-extractor npm package, when an attacker is able to supply arbitrary input to the module's exported function

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 1, 2022 CVE published
September 16, 2024 Record updated