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Regular expression denial of service in markdown-link-extractor
CVE-2021-43308 · GHSA-mmh6-m7v9-5956
- Affected
- npm markdown-link-extractor < 3.0.2; >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.1
- Fixed in
- 3.0.24.0.1· Vendor fix available
- Issue
- 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
Recommended action: Upgrade to 4.0.1 or 3.0.2 by release line, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.