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Markdown Preview Enhanced Arbitrary Code Execution via WaveDrom eval()

Type: advisorySources: OSV

Markdown Preview Enhanced before 0.8.28 parses WaveDrom diagrams by evaluating untrusted markdown content with eval(), allowing arbitrary JavaScript execution. The flaw affects every render path - the live preview (window.eval) and presentation mode plus HTML export (the bundled WaveDrom.ProcessAll()/eva() helpers) - and can also be triggered through a

Products
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2026-50733
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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Updated in this feed
4 Nov 2026, 21:18 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Markdown Preview Enhanced Arbitrary Code Execution via WaveDrom eval()

core-osv · Original source

Published 5 Jun 2026, 17:49 UTC

Markdown Preview Enhanced before 0.8.28 parses WaveDrom diagrams by evaluating untrusted markdown content with eval(), allowing arbitrary JavaScript execution. The flaw affects every render path - the live preview (window.eval) and presentation mode plus HTML export (the bundled WaveDrom.ProcessAll()/eva() helpers) - and can also be triggered through a

osv:CVE-2026-50733
Complete source record
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