CVE-2022-36036

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    CVE-2022-36036

    Published: 29 Aug 2022Last Modified: 21 Oct 2026

    Summary: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') in mdx-mermaid

    Details: mdx-mermaid provides plug and play access to Mermaid in MDX. There is a potential for an arbitrary javascript injection in versions less than 1.3.0 and 2.0.0-rc1. Modify any mermaid code blocks with arbitrary code and it will execute when the component is loaded by MDXjs. This vulnerability was patched in version(s) 1.3.0 and 2.0.0-rc2. There are currently no known workarounds.

    References: https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/36xxx/CVE-2022-36036.json, https://github.com/sjwall/mdx-mermaid/security/advisories/GHSA-rvgm-35jw-q628, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-36036, https://github.com/sjwall/mdx-mermaid/commit/f2b99386660fd13316823529c3f1314ebbcdfd2a

    Affected packages

    Package

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- b2cffa6b1e12ae84c608d5aff9f458af8c26b24b
    Fixed -1db4bdd2aa81ab7d9849eed2b0a5e9fe4ae93f31

    Affected versions

    2.0.0-rc1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High