CVE-2026-41680: markedjs marked · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Affects markedjs markedSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.7 High : upgrade to 18.0.2 soon.
Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 06:59 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 27% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 18.0.2
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 24 Apr 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.
What to do
Upgrade markedjs marked to 18.0.2.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| markedjsmarked | Affected
| Fixed in
|
npmmarkedjs/markedpkg:npm/markedjs/markedOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in– |
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AI-suggested
Upgrade marked to version 18.0.2 or later, where this vulnerability is fixed. Patch status is confirmed by the version range and fixed version information. No other mitigations are specified or required.
Description
Marked versions 18.0.0 and 18.0.1 contain a critical denial of service vulnerability caused by an infinite recursion loop triggered by a specific 3-byte input sequence (tab, vertical tab, newline). This leads to unbounded memory allocation and crashes the host Node.js application due to out-of-memory conditions. The vulnerability is fixed in version 18.0.2.