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High · 8.1 CVE-2023-22491 EUVD-2023-0381GHSA-7ch4-rr99-cqcw

gatsby-transformer-remark vulnerable to unsanitized JavaScript code injection

Published Jan 13, 2023 · Updated Mar 11, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Gatsby is a free and open source framework based on React that helps developers build websites and apps. The gatsby-transformer-remark plugin prior to versions 5.25.1 and 6.3.2 passes input through to the `gray-matter` npm package, which is vulnerable to JavaScript injection in its default configuration, unless input is sanitized. The vulnerability is present in gatsby-transformer-remark when passing input in data mode (querying MarkdownRemark nodes via GraphQL). Injected JavaScript executes in the context of the build server. To exploit this vulnerability untrusted/unsanitized input would need to be sourced by or added into a file processed by gatsby-transformer-remark. A patch has been introduced in `gatsby-transformer-remark@5.25.1` and `gatsby-transformer-remark@6.3.2` which mitigates the issue by disabling the `gray-matter` JavaScript Frontmatter engine. As a workaround, if an older version of `gatsby-transformer-remark` must be used, input passed into the plugin should be sanitized ahead of processing. It is encouraged for projects to upgrade to the latest major release branch for all Gatsby plugins to ensure the latest security updates and bug fixes are received in a timely manner.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
gatsbyjs gatsby >= 6.0.0, < 6.3.2, < 5.25.1 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 react No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS react No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 react No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS react No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS react No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS react No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS react No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS react No fix yet —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm gatsby-transformer-remark >= 6.0.0, < 6.3.2 6.3.2 GHSA-7ch4-rr99-cqcw
npm gatsby-transformer-remark < 5.25.1 5.25.1 GHSA-7ch4-rr99-cqcw

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