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CVE-2026-40890

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.03 BB Relevance: 75/100
Published: 2026-04-21 Modified: 2026-10-26 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: None
I: None
A: High

Description

The package `github.com/gomarkdown/markdown` is a Go library for parsing Markdown text and rendering as HTML. Processing a malformed input containing a < character that is not followed by a > character anywhere in the remaining text with a SmartypantsRenderer will lead to Out of Bounds read or a panic. This vulnerability is fixed with commit 759bbc3e32073c3bc4e25969c132fc520eda2778.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (1)

VendorProductVersion
gomarkdown markdown < 2026-04-10

References & Advisories (2)

Bug Bounty Relevance

75 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

7.5 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.35%
Raw Score 0.003460
Percentile 28.1%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00346
2026-10-28
0.00346

Intelligence Sources

nvd ref →

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