What is CVE-2022-41709?

CVE-2022-41709 is a high-severity vulnerability in Markdownify Project, classified under Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-10-19.

How severe is CVE-2022-41709?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Markdownify Project

CVE-2022-41709

Markdownify version 1.4.1 allows an external attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely on any client attempting to view a malicious markdown file through Markdownify. This is possible because the application has the "nodeIntegration" option enabled.

Published 2022-10-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (36.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 37th percentile — 36.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Markdownify Project — versions 1.4.1
Markdownify — versions 1.4.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-829 — Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere

References

fluidattacks.com/advisories/adams/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/amitmerchant1990/electron-markdownify (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-41709?: CVE-2022-41709 is a high-severity vulnerability in Markdownify Project, classified under Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-10-19.
How severe is CVE-2022-41709?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.