Security Advisory
CVE-2026-59710
6.1
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Description
showdown contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the parseHeaders function of src/subParsers/makehtml/tables.js that fails to properly escape table header ID attributes. Attackers can inject arbitrary HTML and script-executing SVG elements through double-quote characters in markdown table headers, achieving stored XSS when untrusted markdown is rendered with the default github flavor configuration.
Published Date
July 6, 2026
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory