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High, CVSS 8.1amended

gatsby-transformer-remark has possible unsanitized JavaScript code injection

CVE-2023-22491GHSA-7ch4-rr99-cqcw

What to do

Vendor fix available. Upgrade each affected package to the fixed version on its release line (gatsby-transformer-remark 6.3.2, 5.25.1), redeploy, then verify what is actually installed.

This page has no inventory attached, so it cannot say whether you are affected. A vendor fix is not proof that your deployment is fixed.

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Severity and exploitation
Exploitation
No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.
CVSS
8.1 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS
  • CVE-2023-22491: 0.58% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 47.67 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.
Source description

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Impact The gatsby-transformer-remark plugin prior to versions 5.25.1 and 6.3.2 passes input through to the gray-matter npm package, which is vulnerable to JavaScript injection in its default configuration, unless input is sanitized. The vulnerability is present in gatsby-transformer-remark when passing input in data mode (querying MarkdownRemark nodes via GraphQL). Injected JavaScript executes in the context of the build server. To exploit this vulnerability untrusted/unsanitized input would need to be sourced by or added into a file processed by gatsby-transformer-remark. The following payload demonstrates a vulnerable configuration: Patches A patch has been introduced in gatsby-transformer-remark@5.25.1 and gatsby-transformer-remark@6.3.2 which mitigates the issue by disabling the gray-matter JavaScript Frontmatter engine. The patch introduces a new option, JSFrontmatterEngine which is set to false by default. When setting JSFrontmatterEngine to true, input passed to…

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  1. Revision 2 · amended ·

    Amended from ghsa record GHSA-7ch4-rr99-cqcw

  2. Revision 1 · created ·

    Published from osv record GHSA-7ch4-rr99-cqcw

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2023-22491

Advisory: gatsby-transformer-remark has possible unsanitized JavaScript code injection
IDs: CVE-2023-22491, GHSA-7ch4-rr99-cqcw
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2023-22491 (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: High (CVSS 8.1)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor fix available; fixed versions by package: gatsby-transformer-remark 6.3.2, 5.25.1. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- npm gatsby-transformer-remark: affected >= 6.0.0, < 6.3.2; < 5.25.1; fixed in 5.25.1, 6.3.2

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- `npm ls gatsby-transformer-remark --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 gatsby-transformer-remark.
- 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-7ch4-rr99-cqcw (OSV record GHSA-7ch4-rr99-cqcw lists affected ranges: npm gatsby-transformer-remark >=6.0.0 =0 <5.25.1 (fixed))
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7ch4-rr99-cqcw (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-7ch4-rr99-cqcw lists affected ranges: npm gatsby-transformer-remark >=6.0.0 =0 <5.25.1)

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