CVE-2023-28631

MEDIUM

Comrak - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm

Description

comrak is a CommonMark + GFM compatible Markdown parser and renderer written in rust. A Comrak AST can be constructed manually by a program instead of parsing a Markdown document with `parse_document`. This AST can then be converted to HTML via `html::format_document_with_plugins`. However, the HTML formatting code assumes that the AST is well-formed. For example, many AST notes contain `[u8]` fields which the formatting code assumes is valid UTF-8 data. Several bugs can be triggered if this is not the case. Version 0.17.0 contains adjustments to the AST, storing strings instead of unvalidated byte arrays. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may manually validate UTF-8 correctness of all data when assigning to `&[u8]` and `Vec<u8>` fields in the AST. This issue is also tracked as `GHSL-2023-049`.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0033
EPSS Percentile 55.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Classification

CWE
CWE-755
Status published

Affected Products (2)

comrak_project/comrak < 0.17.0
crates.io/comrak < 0.17.0crates.io

Timeline

Published Mar 28, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026