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High · 7.3 CVE-2026-54702 EUVD-2026-101585

Markdown Preview Enhanced: Blind Command Dispatch via Unvalidated Webview Message Handler

Published Oct 14, 2026 · Updated Oct 15, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Markdown Preview Enhanced is a Markdown preview extension for Visual Studio Code. Prior to 0.8.30, the webview message handler in src/preview-provider.ts accepts an attacker-controlled command value and attacker-controlled args, constructs a command in the _crossnote namespace, and invokes vscode.commands.executeCommand without an allowlist or type validation. JavaScript already executing in the preview webview can use this bridge to invoke privileged extension commands, including file modification, code-chunk execution, export-tool execution, and arbitrary URL opening, with attacker-selected arguments. Exploitation requires a separate webview JavaScript execution path, such as the independently tracked .crossnote/head.html injection, but no further authorization check protects the extension-host command boundary. This issue is fixed in version 0.8.30.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
shd101wyy vscode-markdown-preview-enhanced < 0.8.30 —

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