CVE-2026-49493 PUBLISHED

Markdown Preview Enhanced Arbitrary Code Execution via Bitfield interpretJS()

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 31.05.2026 Published: 05.06.2026 Updated: 05.06.2026

Markdown Preview Enhanced before 0.8.28 parses Bitfield fenced code blocks with interpretJS(), which evaluates the block content as code via vm.runInNewContext(), allowing arbitrary code execution. A crafted markdown document containing a malicious bitfield code block executes attacker-controlled code on the server side when the document is rendered or exported. Fixed in 0.8.28 by parsing bitfield register definitions with JSON5.parse(), since they are purely data.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.6

Product Status

Vendor shd101wyy
Product Markdown Preview Enhanced
Versions
  • affected from 0 to 0.8.28 (excl.)

References

Problem Types

  • Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') CWE