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CVE-2025-65108

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2025-11-21
  • Fixed in5.2.5
  • WeaknessCWE-94

Am I affected?

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Description

md-to-pdf is a CLI tool for converting Markdown files to PDF using Node.js and headless Chrome. Prior to version 5.2.5, a Markdown front-matter block that contains JavaScript delimiter causes the JS engine in gray-matter library to execute arbitrary code in the Markdown to PDF converter process of md-to-pdf library, resulting in remote code execution. This issue has been patched in version 5.2.5.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2025-11-2122:16CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 15:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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Versions per branch

OSV
md-to-pdf
BranchAffectedFixed in
5.2< 5.2.55.2.5

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Products declared by the CNA1 product

As GitHub_M, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • simonhaenisch md-to-pdf
    Affected
    • = < 5.2.5no fix stated

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2025-11-21

Fix

  1. Update md-to-pdf to 5.2.5

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2025-11-21
Last Modified
2026-10-18
NVD status
Deferred
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-547r-qmjm-8hvw

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-65108?

md-to-pdf is a CLI tool for converting Markdown files to PDF using Node.js and headless Chrome. Prior to version 5.2.5, a Markdown front-matter block that contains JavaScript delimiter causes the JS engine in gray-matter library to execute arbitrary code in the Markdown to PDF converter process of md-to-pdf library, resulting in remote code execution. This issue has been patched in version 5.2.5.

Is CVE-2025-65108 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2025-65108, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-65108?

CVE-2025-65108 has a CVSS v3 base score of 10 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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