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[GHSA] GHSA-2q4p-g7hv-5rgv (high) — league/commonmark: Quadratic-time denial of service when parsing crafted Markdown

medgithub_advisoriesPublished 2026-08-06

GHSA-2q4p-g7hv-5rgv Severity: high CVE: CVE-2026-71488

league/commonmark: Quadratic-time denial of service when parsing crafted Markdown

### Impact

Affected versions of `league/commonmark` can have quadratic time complexity when parsing specially crafted Markdown lines. In practical terms, doubling the length of an affected line can make the parser perform roughly four times as much work. The p

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Original source: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2q4p-g7hv-5rgv