7.5
HIGH
CVE-2021-26813
Markdown2 Regular Expression Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description

markdown2 >=1.0.1.18, fixed in 2.4.0, is affected by a regular expression denial of service vulnerability. If an attacker provides a malicious string, it can make markdown2 processing difficult or delayed for an extended period of time.

INFO

Published Date :

March 3, 2021, 4:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:31 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2021-26813 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-26813 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Markdown2_project markdown2

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Python JavaScript C#

Updated: 2 years, 6 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 22, 2022, 1:01 p.m. This repo has been linked 11 different CVEs too.

Find regular expressions which are vulnerable to ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service)

Python JavaScript C#

Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago
782 stars 50 fork 50 watcher
Born at : Nov. 24, 2020, 7:24 p.m. This repo has been linked 11 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-26813 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-26813 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J752422YELXLMLZJPVJVKD2KKHHQRVEH/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BRP5RN35JZTSJ3JT4722F447ZDK7LZS5/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JTIX5UXRDJZJ57DO4V33ZNJTNKWGBQLY/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/BRP5RN35JZTSJ3JT4722F447ZDK7LZS5/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/JTIX5UXRDJZJ57DO4V33ZNJTNKWGBQLY/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/J752422YELXLMLZJPVJVKD2KKHHQRVEH/
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE NVD-CWE-Other CWE-1333
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 23, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/BRP5RN35JZTSJ3JT4722F447ZDK7LZS5/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/BRP5RN35JZTSJ3JT4722F447ZDK7LZS5/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/J752422YELXLMLZJPVJVKD2KKHHQRVEH/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/J752422YELXLMLZJPVJVKD2KKHHQRVEH/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/JTIX5UXRDJZJ57DO4V33ZNJTNKWGBQLY/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/JTIX5UXRDJZJ57DO4V33ZNJTNKWGBQLY/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 10, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/BRP5RN35JZTSJ3JT4722F447ZDK7LZS5/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/JTIX5UXRDJZJ57DO4V33ZNJTNKWGBQLY/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/J752422YELXLMLZJPVJVKD2KKHHQRVEH/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 09, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/trentm/python-markdown2/pull/387 No Types Assigned https://github.com/trentm/python-markdown2/pull/387 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-Other
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:markdown2_project:markdown2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.0.1.18 up to (excluding) 2.4.0
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-26813 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.30 }} 0.04%

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0.66328

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