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Regular expression denial of service in markdown-link-extractor

CVE-2021-43308GHSA-mmh6-m7v9-5956

What to do

Vendor fix available. Upgrade each affected package to the fixed version on its release line (markdown-link-extractor 4.0.1, 3.0.2), redeploy, then verify what is actually installed.

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Severity and exploitation
Exploitation
No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.
CVSS
not scored
EPSS
  • CVE-2021-43308: 1.10% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 65.67 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.
Source description

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

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

Dates and revisions
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  1. Revision 2 · amended ·

    Amended from ghsa record GHSA-mmh6-m7v9-5956

  2. Revision 1 · created ·

    Published from osv record GHSA-mmh6-m7v9-5956

Agent brief

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2021-43308

Advisory: Regular expression denial of service in markdown-link-extractor
IDs: CVE-2021-43308, GHSA-mmh6-m7v9-5956
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2021-43308 (revision 2, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 12:16 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: Unrated
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor fix available; fixed versions by package: markdown-link-extractor 4.0.1, 3.0.2. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- npm markdown-link-extractor: affected < 3.0.2; >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.1; fixed in 3.0.2, 4.0.1

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- `npm ls markdown-link-extractor --all`: lists every installed copy and version, including transitive ones. Run in the project root after `npm ci`.

## Supported action
Upgrade each affected component to a fixed version on its release line. For a transitive dependency, upgrade the parent package or add an override or constraint, then regenerate the lockfile. Redeploy every environment that ran an affected version.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on markdown-link-extractor.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-mmh6-m7v9-5956 (OSV record GHSA-mmh6-m7v9-5956 lists affected ranges: npm markdown-link-extractor >=0 =4.0.0 <4.0.1 (fixed))
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mmh6-m7v9-5956 (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-mmh6-m7v9-5956 lists affected ranges: npm markdown-link-extractor >=0 =4.0.0 <4.0.1)

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