CVE-2026-48988

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 On^2 processing in the smartquotes rule. The issue stems from repeatedly modifying strings with replaceAt, which performs On slicing and...

CVE-2026-48988

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 On^2 processing in the smartquotes rule. The issue stems from repeatedly modifying strings with replaceAt, which performs On slicing and...

Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity

Overview markdown-it is a modern pluggable markdown parser. Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity through the replaceAt function in the smartquotes rule when processing markdown input with a large number of consecutive quotation marks and the...

NPM: markdown-it: Quadratic complexity DoS in smartquotes rule via replaceAt string operations

NPM: markdown-it: Quadratic complexity DoS in smartquotes rule via replaceAt string operations vulnerability discovered by ? in WordPress Npm markdown-it versions = 14.1.1...

Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity

Overview org.webjars.npm:markdown-it is a modern pluggable markdown parser. Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity through the replaceAt function in the smartquotes rule when processing markdown input with a large number of consecutive quotation mar...

GHSA-6V5V-WF23-FMFQ markdown-it: Quadratic complexity DoS in smartquotes rule via replaceAt string operations

Summary A quadratic time complexity vulnerability exists in markdown-it's smartquotes rule enabled via the typographer: true option. An attacker can craft a markdown input consisting of consecutive quotation marks that causes the parser to consume excessive CPU time, leading to denial of service...

markdown-it: Quadratic complexity DoS in smartquotes rule via replaceAt string operations

Summary A quadratic time complexity vulnerability exists in markdown-it's smartquotes rule enabled via the typographer: true option. An attacker can craft a markdown input consisting of consecutive quotation marks that causes the parser to consume excessive CPU time, leading to denial of service...