GHSA-636f-xm5j-pj9m
Several quadratic complexity bugs may lead to denial of service in Commonmarker
GHSA-636f-xm5j-pj9m is a vulnerability with no CVSS score yet in commonmarker, published January 24, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. Fixed in commonmarker 0.23.7.
- Severity
- UnratedNo CVSS score yet
- Exploit chance
- UnscoredNo EPSS score yet
- Exploitation
- None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
- Fixed in
0.23.7commonmarker +1 more
Description
Impact
Several quadratic complexity bugs in commonmarker's underlying cmark-gfm library may lead to unbounded resource exhaustion and subsequent denial of service.
The following vulnerabilities were addressed:
For more information, consult the release notes for version 0.23.0.gfm.7.
Mitigation
Users are advised to upgrade to commonmarker version 0.23.7.
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
commonmarkerRubyGems | before 0.23.7 | 0.23.7 |
commonmarkerRubyGems | before 0.23.7, plus listed versions 0.0.10.1.00.1.10.1.20.1.3 Show 45 moreShow less0.10.00.11.00.12.00.13.00.14.00.14.10.14.110.14.120.14.130.14.140.14.150.14.20.14.30.14.40.14.50.14.60.14.70.14.80.14.90.15.00.16.00.16.10.16.20.16.30.16.40.16.50.16.60.16.70.16.80.17.00.17.10.17.100.17.110.17.120.17.130.17.20.17.40.17.50.17.60.17.70.17.7.10.17.80.17.90.18.00.18.1 | 0.23.7 |
What each source reports
GitHub AdvisoriesNo score
Several quadratic complexity bugs may lead to denial of service in Commonmarker
Impact
Several quadratic complexity bugs in commonmarker's underlying cmark-gfm library may lead to unbounded resource exhaustion and subsequent denial of service.
The following vulnerabilities were addressed:
For more information, consult the release notes for version 0.23.0.gfm.7.
Mitigation
Users are advised to upgrade to commonmarker version 0.23.7.
- Record
GHSA-636f-xm5j-pj9m- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVNo score
Several quadratic complexity bugs may lead to denial of service in Commonmarker
Impact
Several quadratic complexity bugs in commonmarker's underlying cmark-gfm library may lead to unbounded resource exhaustion and subsequent denial of service.
The following vulnerabilities were addressed:
For more information, consult the release notes for version 0.23.0.gfm.7.
Mitigation
Users are advised to upgrade to commonmarker version 0.23.7.
- Record
GHSA-636f-xm5j-pj9m- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | GitHub Advisories, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
References
Left out here: 29 versions. The JSON record has them.