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TI-2017-11833 Aliases CVE-2017-16114GHSA-x5pg-88wf-qq4p

Uncontrolled resource consumption in HackerOne marked node module

Priority LOW 36CWE-400Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

The marked module is vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service. Based on the information published in the public issue, 1k characters can block for around 6 seconds.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01731 77th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed marked (npm): 0.3.9

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
HackerOnemarked node moduleAll versions—No fix listedCNA
—marked (npm)before 0.3.90.3.9Patch availableGHSA-x5pg-88wf-qq4p
  • marked node module VendorHackerOne Affected All versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • marked (npm) Vendor— Affected before 0.3.9 Fixed in 0.3.9 Patch available GHSA-x5pg-88wf-qq4p

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:marked_project:marked:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 0.3.9Vulnerablemarkedjs
  • cpe:2.3:a:marked_project:marked:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.3.9 Vulnerable ·markedjs

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-x5pg-88wf-qq4p marked (npm) Fixed in 0.3.9 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-16114
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x5pg-88wf-qq4p

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 3

Other 1

  • TI-2026-30197 Marked: OOM Denial of Service via Infinite Recursion in marked Tokenizer CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2022-06057 Exponential catastrophic backtracking (ReDoS) in marked CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2022-06056 Cubic catastrophic backtracking (ReDoS) in marked CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2018-15336 Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in markedjs/marked CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
  • TI-2015-07284 The marked package before 0.3.4 for Node.js allows attackers to cause a denial of service… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2021-04406 Denial of Service in Marked CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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