CVE-2026-54566
Markdown Preview Enhanced is a Markdown preview extension for Visual Studio Code. Prior to 0.8.29, Markdown Preview Enhanced evaluates repos
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Published: Oct 14, 2026 · Last modified: Oct 14, 2026 · CWE-94
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Markdown Preview Enhanced is a Markdown preview extension for Visual Studio Code. Prior to 0.8.29, Markdown Preview Enhanced evaluates repository-controlled .crossnote/config.js and .crossnote/parser.js files with vm.runInNewContext, which does not provide a security boundary from the Node.js host realm. Opening a Markdown file in a malicious repository automatically loads these files, and prototype-chain traversal can reach the host Function constructor and process object, allowing operating-system commands to execute as the victim account without further interaction. Both configuration evaluation and parser-hook evaluation are affected, and the attack does not depend on module-scoped require being available. This issue is fixed in version 0.8.29.
- github.comhttps://github.com/shd101wyy/crossnote/commit/e4890d64502e53b717cce0cb73f1a78b244dc640
- github.comhttps://github.com/shd101wyy/crossnote/pull/443
- github.comhttps://github.com/shd101wyy/crossnote/releases/tag/0.9.30
- github.comhttps://github.com/shd101wyy/vscode-markdown-preview-enhanced/commit/0d4010988c6ae56a38c6dec4a7509cbd5a7dcb4c
- github.comhttps://github.com/shd101wyy/vscode-markdown-preview-enhanced/pull/2320
- github.comhttps://github.com/shd101wyy/vscode-markdown-preview-enhanced/releases/tag/0.8.29
- github.comhttps://github.com/shd101wyy/vscode-markdown-preview-enhanced/security/advisories/GHSA-427h-jhpr-8jch
- github.comhttps://github.com/shd101wyy/vscode-markdown-preview-enhanced/security/advisories/GHSA-427h-jhpr-8jch