CVE-2021-28834
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 2.8% (pctl 86)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
Kramdown before 2.3.1 does not restrict Rouge formatters to the Rouge::Formatters namespace, and thus arbitrary classes can be instantiated.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 2.81% — more likely to be exploited than 86% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2021-03-19 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian linux |
| fedoraproject | fedora |
| kramdown project | kramdown |
References
- https://github.com/gettalong/kramdown/compare/REL_2_3_0...REL_2_3_1
- https://github.com/gettalong/kramdown/pull/708
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/commit/179329b5c3c118924fb242dc449d06b4ed6ccb66
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NJCJVYHPY6LNUFM6LYZIAUIYOMVT5QGV/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S3BBLUIDCUUR3NEE4NJLOCCAV3ALQ3O6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SYOLQKFL6IJCQLBXV34Z4TI4O54GESPR/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4890
- https://github.com/gettalong/kramdown/compare/REL_2_3_0...REL_2_3_1
- https://github.com/gettalong/kramdown/pull/708
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/commit/179329b5c3c118924fb242dc449d06b4ed6ccb66
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NJCJVYHPY6LNUFM6LYZIAUIYOMVT5QGV/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S3BBLUIDCUUR3NEE4NJLOCCAV3ALQ3O6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SYOLQKFL6IJCQLBXV34Z4TI4O54GESPR/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4890
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