CVE-2024-1899 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An issue in the anchors subparser of Showdownjs versions <= 2.1.0 could allow a remote attacker to cause denial of service conditions.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Showdownjs	Showdown

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:showdownjs:showdown:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2024-05

History

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 16:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Showdownjs Showdownjs showdown
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:showdownjs:showdown::::::node.js::*
Vendors & Products		Showdownjs Showdownjs showdown

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: tenable

Published: 2024-02-26T18:45:23.289Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T18:56:22.277Z

Reserved: 2024-02-26T18:20:18.142Z

Link: CVE-2024-1899

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T18:56:22.277Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-02-26T19:15:07.037

Modified: 2025-09-18T16:25:27.583

Link: CVE-2024-1899

Redhat

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