Source: discount Version: 2.2.7-2.1 Severity: important Tags: security upstream Forwarded: https://github.com/Orc/discount/issues/305 X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], Debian Security Team <[email protected]>
Hi, The following vulnerability was published for discount. CVE-2026-4833[0]: | A weakness has been identified in Orc discount up to 3.0.1.2. This | issue affects the function compile of the file markdown.c of the | component Markdown Handler. This manipulation causes uncontrolled | recursion. The attack is restricted to local execution. The exploit | has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. | The project maintainer confirms: "[I]f you feed it an infinitely | deep blockquote input it will crash. (...) [T]his is a duplicate of | an old bug that I've been working on." If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry. For further information see: [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-4833 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-4833 [1] https://github.com/Orc/discount/issues/305 Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed. Regards, Salvatore
