CVSS 3.1
9.8 criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2021-23639
Critical (9.8) in markdown to pdf project markdown to pdf. EPSS 5.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in md-to-pdf 5.0.0.
The package md-to-pdf before 5.0.0 are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) due to utilizing the library gray-matter to parse front matter content, without disabling the JS engine.
Severity
- EPSS
- 5.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 92% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- markdown_to_pdf_project:markdown_to_pdf
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-x949-7cm6-fm6p | npm | md-to-pdf | <5.0.0 | 5.0.0 |
References
- https://github.com/simonhaenisch/md-to-pdf/commit/a716259c548c82fa1d3b14a3422e9100619d2d8a
- https://github.com/simonhaenisch/md-to-pdf/issues/99
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-MDTOPDF-1657880
- https://github.com/simonhaenisch/md-to-pdf/commit/a716259c548c82fa1d3b14a3422e9100619d2d8a
- https://github.com/simonhaenisch/md-to-pdf/issues/99