Description
league/commonmark is a PHP library for parsing and rendering CommonMark Markdown. From 0.6.0 until 2.9.0, specially crafted Markdown lines can cause the parser to have quadratic time complexity when converting, because several parsing paths repeatedly rescan growing portions of a line to translate between character positions and byte positions, and the Autolink extension can also copy and validate the remaining line at every URL-like prefix, allowing an attacker who can submit Markdown for conversion to consume disproportionate CPU time with a comparatively small request. This issue is fixed in 2.9.0.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| thephpleague | commonmark | >= 0.6.0, < 2.9.0 | — |
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 | php-league-commonmark | 2.9.0-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | php-league-commonmark | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 12 | php-league-commonmark | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | markdown +1 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | markdown +1 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | markdown +1 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | markdown +1 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | markdown | No fix yet | — |
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | markdown | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | markdown | No fix yet | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Packagist | league/commonmark | >= 0.6.0, < 2.9.0 | 2.9.0 | GHSA-2q4p-g7hv-5rgv |
References
- https://github.com/thephpleague/commonmark/security/advisories/GHSA-2q4p-g7hv-5rgv
- https://github.com/thephpleague/commonmark/commit/a6ef6cdc308dfa39a34239c35818e75892a0e6a8
- https://github.com/thephpleague/commonmark/commit/a70979ea0d7d3377bd7127536748454a922bf5eb
- https://github.com/thephpleague/commonmark/commit/c97b02e5e652b992033b93ba5d6182f706343fc6
- https://github.com/thephpleague/commonmark/releases/tag/2.9.0