CVE-2026-48988markdown-it is a Markdown parser.
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markdown-it is a Markdown parser. Versions 14.1.1 and below contain a denial-of-service vulnerability when typographer: true is enabled, due to quadratic (O(n^2)) processing in the smartquotes rule. The issue stems from repeatedly modifying strings with replaceAt(), which performs O(n) slicing and concatenation per quote character. This can cause excessive CPU consumption when parsing quote-heavy, user-supplied markdown and may let attackers degrade or disrupt service availability. Although typographer is disabled by default, many production apps enable it for smart typography, making the issue relevant. This issue has been fixed in version 14.2.0.
- CVSS
- 5.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-400
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Jun 24, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
markdown-it_project markdown-it markdown-it_project:markdown-it | before 14.2.0 | NVD |
References
- https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it/commit/9ce2087562c45d1e5ddd9f76b990f4b3fbe040e5patch
- https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it/security/advisories/GHSA-6v5v-wf23-fmfqexploit, mitigation, vendor-advisory
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