CVE-2026-88753

high

Description

A Regular-Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in the Markdown2. extract_metadata() function (lib/markdown2.py) of trentm markdown2 through v2.5.5 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted Markdown document.

References

https://gist.github.com/NanaSec/354b4188bbd7f4105008c7b8be49b0ba

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-102186

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-15

Updated: 2026-10-15

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High