CVE-2026-111759
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
markdown-it is a Markdown parser. Prior to 14.3.2 and 15.0.2, when typographer: true is enabled, specially crafted Markdown can cause quadratic processing time in the smartquotes rule, potentially leading to denial of service in applications processing untrusted input. Many opening double quotes followed by unmatched closing single quotes cause repeated scans of the entire opener stack. The same issue occurs with the quote types reversed. The default configuration (typographer: false) is not affected, but this option is enabled with high probability. This issue is fixed in versions 14.3.2 and 15.0.2.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.5
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Awaiting Analysis
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-19 18:17:00.570000
Last modified
2026-10-19 21:13:39.973000
View original CVE JSON
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"id": "CVE-2026-111759",
"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-10-19T18:17:00.570",
"lastModified": "2026-10-19T21:13:39.973",
"vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis",
"cveTags": [],
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"lang": "en",
"value": "markdown-it is a Markdown parser. Prior to 14.3.2 and 15.0.2, when typographer: true is enabled, specially crafted Markdown can cause quadratic processing time in the smartquotes rule, potentially leading to denial of service in applications processing untrusted input. Many opening double quotes followed by unmatched closing single quotes cause repeated scans of the entire opener stack. The same issue occurs with the quote types reversed. The default configuration (typographer: false) is not affected, but this option is enabled with high probability. This issue is fixed in versions 14.3.2 and 15.0.2."
}
],
"affected": [
{
"source": "[email protected]",
"affectedData": [
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"vendor": "markdown-it",
"product": "markdown-it",
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"status": "affected"
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"version": "< 14.3.2",
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}
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"source": "[email protected]",
"type": "Secondary",
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"version": "3.1",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"baseScore": 7.5,
"baseSeverity": "HIGH",
"attackVector": "NETWORK",
"attackComplexity": "LOW",
"privilegesRequired": "NONE",
"userInteraction": "NONE",
"scope": "UNCHANGED",
"confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
"integrityImpact": "NONE",
"availabilityImpact": "HIGH"
},
"exploitabilityScore": 3.9,
"impactScore": 3.6
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"id": "CVE-2026-111759",
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"weaknesses": [
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"source": "[email protected]",
"type": "Secondary",
"description": [
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"lang": "en",
"value": "CWE-400"
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"references": [
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"url": "https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it/commit/1b379c1b6d0522421bd1a51b77337c79af2c8670",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it/commit/cf27366035edf9196667110c47d9d67b030a4152",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it/commit/daf5a3c32303e5d9de01b12eeb725fb5990b8162",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it/releases/tag/14.3.2",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it/releases/tag/15.0.2",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it/security/advisories/GHSA-r7fv-28h4-cvq7",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
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