markdown-it: Quadratic complexity in smartquotes with unmatched closing quotes

影響: npm:markdown-it >= 15.0.0, < 15.0.2 → 15.0.2, npm:markdown-it < 14.3.2 → 14.3.2

When typographer: true is enabled, specially crafted Markdown can cause quadratic processing time in the smartquotes rule, potentially leading to denial of service in applications processing untrusted input. Many opening double quotes followed by unmatched closing single quotes cause repeated scans of the entire opener stack. The same issue occurs with the quote types reversed. The default configuration (typographer: false) is not affected, but this option is enabled with high probabilit…

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On 10/20/2026, 11:34 PM, GitHub Advisory Database published "markdown-it: Quadratic complexity in smartquotes with unmatched closing quotes" (type: Advisory). Severity is "High" (high). Related technologies: JavaScript / Node.js. CVE: CVE-2026-111759.