CVE-2020-26298
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26298
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-26298.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-26298
- Aliases
- Related
- Published
- 2021-01-11T19:15:13Z
- Modified
- 2024-10-12T06:24:40.381284Z
- Severity
-
- 5.4 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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Redcarpet is a Ruby library for Markdown processing. In Redcarpet before version 3.5.1, there is an injection vulnerability which can enable a cross-site scripting attack. In affected versions no HTML escaping was being performed when processing quotes. This applies even when the
:escape_htmloption was being used. This is fixed in version 3.5.1 by the referenced commit. - References
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- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q3wr-qw3g-3p4h
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4831
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00014.html
- https://github.com/vmg/redcarpet/commit/a699c82292b17c8e6a62e1914d5eccc252272793
- https://github.com/vmg/redcarpet/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#version-351-security
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BFMYDIONVWATY7EB6EARDVXT47AYCRNM/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNO4ZZUPGAEUXKQL4G2HRIH7CUZKPCT6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PXNNWHHAPREDM3XJDACYRTK7DBMUONBI/
- https://rubygems.org/gems/redcarpet
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-26298
Affected packages
Debian:11 / ruby-redcarpet
Package
- Name
- ruby-redcarpet
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/ruby-redcarpet?arch=source
Debian:12 / ruby-redcarpet
Package
- Name
- ruby-redcarpet
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/ruby-redcarpet?arch=source
Debian:13 / ruby-redcarpet
Package
- Name
- ruby-redcarpet
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/ruby-redcarpet?arch=source