Source: python-markdown2 X-Debbugs-CC: [email protected] Severity: important Tags: security
Hi, The following vulnerability was published for python-markdown2. CVE-2026-88753[0]: | A Regular-Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in the Markdown2. | extract_metadata() function (lib/markdown2.py) of trentm markdown2 | through v2.5.5 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) | via a crafted Markdown document. https://gist.github.com/NanaSec/354b4188bbd7f4105008c7b8be49b0ba 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-2026-88753 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-88753 Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.
