CVE-2025-7969

NameCVE-2025-7969
DescriptionImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in markdown-it allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/renderer.mjs. This issue affects markdown-it: 14.1.0. NOTE: the Supplier does not consider this issue to be a vulnerability.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
node-markdown-it (PTS)bullseye10.0.0+dfsg-2+deb11u1vulnerable
forky, sid, bookworm, trixie22.2.3+dfsg+~12.2.3-2vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
node-markdown-itsource(unstable)(unfixed)unimportant

Notes

https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it/issues/1122
Upstream disputes issue:
https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it/issues/1122#issuecomment-3215928097

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