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CVE-2023-35936 — Pandoc is a Haskell library for converting from one markup format to another, an

Pandoc is a Haskell library for converting from one markup format to another, and a command-line tool that uses this library. Starting in version 1.13 and prior to version 3.1.4, Pandoc is susceptible to an arbitrary file write vulnerability, which can be triggered by providing a

CVSS
6.0 MEDIUM
EPSS
0.04% (top 88.50%)
CWE
CWE-20
Published
2023-07-05T20:37:56.394Z
Last modified
2025-02-13T16:55:56.804Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L

01What is this vulnerability?

Pandoc is a Haskell library for converting from one markup format to another, and a command-line tool that uses this library. Starting in version 1.13 and prior to version 3.1.4, Pandoc is susceptible to an arbitrary file write vulnerability, which can be triggered by providing a specially crafted image element in the input when generating files using the `--extract-media` option or outputting to…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
jgmpandoc>= 1.13, < 3.1.4

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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