Description
The package github.com/gomarkdown/markdown is a Go library for parsing Markdown text and rendering as HTML. Prior to 0.0.0-20260724235538-61af6e1e6971, parser.IsSafeURL in parser/parser.go slices url[:nPath] before the len(url) >= nPath guard. A short destination causes a slice-bounds panic when the loop reaches a relative-path prefix for which len(url) < nPath and cap(url) < nPath. The one-byte destination / is an explicit non-panic counterexample because it matches the first valid path and returns before a longer prefix is sliced. Demonstrated panic cases include empty, ., and .. destinations under those conditions. The panic is reachable when markdown.ToHTML renders untrusted Markdown with html.Safelink enabled, including an empty link destination, and is also reachable by callers that pass a short attacker-controlled URL directly to the exported parser.IsSafeURL function. An uncaught panic can terminate the calling process and cause denial of service. This issue is fixed in 0.0.0-20260724235538-61af6e1e6971.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gomarkdown | markdown | < 0.0.0-20260724235538-61af6e1e6971 | — |
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.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | golang-github-gomarkdown-markdown | 0.0~git20260725.8435af3-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | golang-github-gomarkdown-markdown | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 12 | golang-github-gomarkdown-markdown | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | golang-github-gomarkdown-markdown | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | golang-github-gomarkdown-markdown | No fix yet | — |
Wolfi
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfi rolling | fq | 0.18.0-r3 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | kube-metrics-adapter | 0.2.9-r26 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | snyk-cli | 1.1308.1-r2 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | temporal | 1.9.1-r4 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | temporal-ui-server | 2.56.0-r2 | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/gomarkdown/markdown | < 0.0.0-20260724235538-61af6e1e6971 | 0.0.0-20260724235538-61af6e1e6971 | GHSA-cv23-7vc5-jfh7 |