Medium
Security advisory
GitBook through 2.6.9 allows XSS via a local .md file.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2019-19596
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 06:23 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
GitBook through 2.6.9 allows XSS via a local .md file.
osv:CVE-2019-19596
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:38.670497404Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
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"published_at": "2019-12-05T03:15:11.64+00:00"
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