CVE-2017-16114

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.

Affected

HackerOne · marked node module

CVSS v3.0 NVD

7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 NVD

5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS

1.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 77th percentile

Published

2018-06-07

Updated

2024-09-17

Proof-of-concept exploits (3)

• chjj/marked/issues/93737235★ · 2026-10-12
• ossf-cve-benchmark/CVE-2017-161140★ · 2020-11-30
• appsec-poc-22/scagoat0★ · 2026-09-17

Security advisories

• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/531
• advisories/GHSA-x5pg-88wf-qq4p

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2021-44228
• CVE-2023-42282