CVE-2026-40890

· NIST NVD ↗

The package `github.com/gomarkdown/markdown` is a Go library for parsing Markdown text and rendering as HTML. Processing a malformed input containing a < character that is not followed by a > character anywhere in the remaining text with a SmartypantsRenderer will lead to Out of Bounds read or a panic. This vulnerability is fixed with commit 759bbc3e32073c3bc4e25969c132fc520eda2778.

HIGH
CVSS severity
7.5
CVSS base score
2026-04-21
Published

CWE codes

CWE-125

Affected products

gomarkdown:markdown

Sources