CVE-2026-2327
Medium · 5.3CVSS
5.3
EPSS
0.7%
Published
Feb 12, 2026
CISA due date
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The record
Versions of the package markdown-it from 13.0.0 and before 14.1.1 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to the use of the regex /\*+$/ in the linkify function. An attacker can supply a long sequence of * characters followed by a non-matching character, which triggers excessive backtracking and may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Introduced | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | markdown-it | 13.0.0 | 14.1.1 |
| Chainguard | kibana-8.17 | 0 | 8.17.10-r10 |
| Chainguard | kibana-8.17-iamguarded | 0 | 8.17.10-r10 |
| Chainguard | kibana-8.19 | 0 | 8.19.11-r1 |
| Chainguard | kibana-8.19-bitnami | 0 | 8.19.11-r1 |
| Chainguard | kibana-8.19-iamguarded | 0 | 8.19.11-r1 |
| Chainguard | kibana-9.0 | 0 | 9.0.8-r10 |
| Chainguard | kibana-9.0-bitnami | 0 | 9.0.8-r10 |
| Chainguard | kibana-9.0-iamguarded | 0 | 9.0.8-r10 |
| Chainguard | kibana-9.1 | 0 | 9.1.10-r5 |
| Chainguard | kibana-9.1-iamguarded | 0 | 9.1.10-r5 |
| Chainguard | kibana-9.2 | 0 | 9.2.5-r3 |
| Chainguard | kibana-9.2-iamguarded | 0 | 9.2.5-r3 |
| Chainguard | kibana-9.3 | 0 | 9.3.0-r1 |
| Chainguard | kibana-9.3-iamguarded | 0 | 9.3.0-r1 |
| Chainguard | renovate | 0 | 43.25.2-r0 |
| Chainguard | vitess-22 | 0 | 22.0.3-r2 |
| Chainguard | vitess-23 | 0 | 23.0.2-r1 |
| Wolfi | renovate | 0 | 43.25.2-r0 |
| Wolfi | vitess-22 | 0 | 22.0.3-r2 |
| Wolfi | vitess-23 | 0 | 23.0.2-r1 |
Related vulnerabilities
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