WS-2018-0628 (Medium) detected in marked-0.3.9.tgz

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WS-2018-0628 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - marked-0.3.9.tgz

A markdown parser built for speed

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/marked/-/marked-0.3.9.tgz

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ marked-0.3.9.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: a7cf759168f0c98d6d469e2711fda2875be7080b

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

marked before 0.4.0 is vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (REDoS) through heading in marked.js.

Publish Date: 2018-04-16

URL: WS-2018-0628

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.3)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: Low

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://github.com/markedjs/marked/releases/tag/0.4.0

Release Date: 2018-04-16

Fix Resolution: 0.4.0