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SCA: security update for markdown-it-py (GHSA-vrjv-mxr7-vjf8)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 419523

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Denial of service could be caused to markdown-it-py, before v2.2.0, if an attacker was allowed to force
 null assertions with specially crafted input. (CVE-2023-26303)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vrjv-mxr7-vjf8

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 419523

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 1/28/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-26303

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Threat Score: 4.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/23/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/22/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-26303

cwe: CWE-173