CVE-2026-4833

Publication date 26 March 2026

Last updated 10 July 2026

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

A weakness has been identified in Orc discount up to 3.0.1.2. This issue affects the function compile of the file markdown.c of the component Markdown Handler. This manipulation causes uncontrolled recursion. The attack is restricted to local execution. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. The project maintainer confirms: "[I]f you feed it an infinitely deep blockquote input it will crash. (...) [T]his is a duplicate of an old bug that I've been working on."

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Why is this CVE low priority?

Only a resource consumption issue

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
discount	26.04 LTS resolute	Needs evaluation
	25.10 questing	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	24.04 LTS noble	Needs evaluation
	22.04 LTS jammy	Needs evaluation
	20.04 LTS focal	Needs evaluation
	18.04 LTS bionic	Needs evaluation
	16.04 LTS xenial	Ignored end of ESM support, was needs-triage

Notes

mdeslaur

This is just a resource consumption issue with a malicious markdown file.

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:

Base score 1.9 · Low

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Attack requirements	None
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Vulnerable system - Confidentiality impact	None
Vulnerable system - Integrity impact	None
Vulnerable system - Availability impact	Low
Subsequent system - Confidentiality impact	None
Subsequent system - Integrity impact	None
Subsequent system - Availability impact	None

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	1.9 · Low
Base + Threat score	-
Base + Environmental score	-
Base + Threat + Environmental score	-

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

Base score 3.3 · Low