CVE-2022-41709 (GCVE-0-2022-41709)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-19 00:00 – Updated: 2025-05-08 20:04
VLAI?
Summary
Markdownify version 1.4.1 allows an external attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely on any client attempting to view a malicious markdown file through Markdownify. This is possible because the application has the "nodeIntegration" option enabled.
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Remote command execution (RCE)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Markdownify Affected: 1.4.1
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