ruby-redcarpet — security advisory

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  "id": "4a08bc3a6c121a982ec5ffc619a018b481b63f0c632b23371601ca49329940e9",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-26298",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2020-26298",
    "summary": "Redcarpet is a Ruby library for Markdown processing. In Redcarpet before version 3.5.1, there is an injection vulnerability which can enable a cross-site scripting attack. In affected versions no HTML escaping was being performed when processing quotes. This applies even when the `:escape_html` option was being used. This is fixed in version 3.5.1 by the referenced commit.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-26298",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "ruby-redcarpet",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "3.5.1-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "ruby-redcarpet",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "3.5.1-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "ruby-redcarpet",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "3.5.1-1",
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          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
        "DEBIAN-CVE-2020-26298"
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
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                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "3.5.1-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "ruby-redcarpet",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/ruby-redcarpet?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-26298.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "3.5.1-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "ruby-redcarpet",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/ruby-redcarpet?arch=source&distro=trixie",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-26298.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
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            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "3.5.1-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "ruby-redcarpet",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/ruby-redcarpet?arch=source&distro=forky",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-26298.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-26T12:00:10.742660263Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2020-26298"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-26298"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-26298",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 451011,
  "published_at": "2021-01-11T19:15:13.133+00:00"
}