CVE-2020-26298

Summary

CVECVE-2020-26298
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-01-11 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:20:00 UTC
DescriptionRedcarpet 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_html` option was being used. This is fixed in version 3.5.1 by the referenced commit.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-79 | CWE-74

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Redcarpet Project Redcarpet All All All All
Application Redcarpet Project Redcarpet All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: rubygem-redcarpet-3.3.2-26.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: rubygem-redcarpet-3.3.2-26.fc36 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Injection/XSS in Redcarpet · CVE-2020-26298 · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: rubygem-redcarpet-3.3.2-26.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: rubygem-redcarpet-3.3.2-26.fc36 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
redcarpet | RubyGems.org | your community gem host MISC rubygems.org Product, Third Party Advisory
Fix a security issue using `:quote` with `:escape_html` · vmg/redcarpet@a699c82 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4831-1 ruby-redcarpet DEBIAN www.debian.org
redcarpet/CHANGELOG.md at master · vmg/redcarpet · GitHub MISC github.com Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: rubygem-redcarpet-3.3.2-26.fc38 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: rubygem-redcarpet-3.3.2-26.fc38 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2526-1] ruby-redcarpet security update MLIST lists.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 283963 Fedora Security Update for rubygem (FEDORA-2023-597f13ffb9)
  • 283964 Fedora Security Update for rubygem (FEDORA-2023-8682a0e17d)
  • 284156 Fedora Security Update for rubygem (FEDORA-2023-44daa9c1d4)

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