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SCA: security update for github.com/gomarkdown/markdown (GHSA-xhr3-wf7j-h255)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 420530

Description

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

 - The package `github.com/gomarkdown/markdown` is a Go library for parsing Markdown text and rendering as
 HTML. Prior to pseudoversion `v0.0.0-20240729232818-a2a9c4f`, which corresponds with commit
 `a2a9c4f76ef5a5c32108e36f7c47f8d310322252`, there was a logical problem in the paragraph function of the
 parser/block.go file, which allowed a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition by
 providing a tailor-made input that caused an infinite loop, causing the program to hang and consume
 resources indefinitely. Submit `a2a9c4f76ef5a5c32108e36f7c47f8d310322252` contains fixes to this problem.
 (CVE-2024-44337)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xhr3-wf7j-h255

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 420530

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 6/1/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.1

Percentile: 53.53

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-44337

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 5.5

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/15/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/15/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-44337

cwe: CWE-835