CVE-2023-26303

CVSS v3 3.3 LOW

3.3^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

D

enial of service could be caused to markdown-it-py, before v2.2.0, if an attacker was allowed to force null assertions with specially crafted input.

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/executablebooks/markdown-it-py/commit/ae03c6107dfa18e648f6fdd1280f5b89092d5d49	Patch
https://github.com/executablebooks/markdown-it-py/commit/ae03c6107dfa18e648f6fdd1280f5b89092d5d49	Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:executablebooks:markdown-it-py:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

25 Feb 2026, 17:19

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Summary	~~(en) Denial of service could be caused to markdown-it-py, before v2.2.0, if an attacker was allowed to force null assertions with specially crafted input.~~	(en) Denial of service could be caused to markdown-it-py, before v2.2.0, if an attacker was allowed to force null assertions with specially crafted input.

21 Nov 2024, 07:51

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~5.5~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 3.3
References	~~() https://github.com/executablebooks/markdown-it-py/commit/ae03c6107dfa18e648f6fdd1280f5b89092d5d49 - Patch~~	() https://github.com/executablebooks/markdown-it-py/commit/ae03c6107dfa18e648f6fdd1280f5b89092d5d49 - Patch

Information

Published : 2023-02-23 00:15

Updated : 2026-02-25 17:19

NVD link : CVE-2023-26303

Mitre link : CVE-2023-26303

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-26303

JSON object : View

Products Affected

executablebooks

markdown-it-py

CWE

CWE-173

Improper Handling of Alternate Encoding

NVD-CWE-Other

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