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HistoryJun 29, 2022 - 8:12 p.m.

GitHub: DoS via markdown API from unauthenticated user

2022-06-2920:12:57
legit-security
hackerone.com
$4000
11
github
unauthenticated user
dos
markdown api
cmark-gfm
polynomial time complexity
autolink extension
denial of service
resource exhaustion
patch
upgrade
vulnerability

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

55.1%

cmark-gfm is GitHub’s fork of cmark, a CommonMark parsing and rendering library and program in C. In versions prior to 0.29.0.gfm.6 a polynomial time complexity issue in cmark-gfm’s autolink extension may lead to unbounded resource exhaustion and subsequent denial of service. Users may verify the patch by running python3 -c 'print("![l"* 100000 + "\n")' | ./cmark-gfm -e autolink, which will resource exhaust on unpatched cmark-gfm but render correctly on patched cmark-gfm. This vulnerability has been patched in 0.29.0.gfm.6. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should disable the use of the autolink extension.