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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.5 High

CVE-2026-40890

github.com/gomarkdown/markdown: Out-of-bounds Read in SmartypantsRenderer

Description

The package `github.com/gomarkdown/markdown` is a Go library for parsing Markdown text and rendering as HTML. Processing a malformed input containing a < character that is not followed by a > character anywhere in the remaining text with a SmartypantsRenderer will lead to Out of Bounds read or a panic. This vulnerability is fixed with commit 759bbc3e32073c3bc4e25969c132fc520eda2778.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

gomarkdown markdown

  • < 759bbc3e32073c3bc4e25969c132fc520eda2778affected

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