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CVE-2026-40890

7.5 high SSVC exploitation: poc Analyzed

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.

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Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 3

Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.

Change history 1

  1. First seenCVSS 7.5 · gomarkdownNVD modified 2026-10-26 21:10

Affected (CPE criteria) 1

  • cpe:2.3:a:gomarkdown:markdown:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*

References 3