Threats tagged 'brew-checkov-cve-2025-69534'

Python-Markdown version 3.8 contains a vulnerability where malformed HTML-like sequences cause an unhandled AssertionError in the html.parser.HTMLParser during Markdown parsing. This unhandled exception can crash applications processing attacker-controlled Markdown, enabling remote unauthenticated Denial of Service (DoS). The issue affects web applications, documentation systems, CI/CD pipelines, and any service rendering untrusted Markdown. The vendor fixed this vulnerability in Python-Markdown version 3.8.1. The vulnerability has a high severity with a CVSS score of 7.5.