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Case File

CVE-2021-29996

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.6 EPSS 2.75% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2021-04-05 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
remote code execution code execution
GitHub PoC Links
github.com ↗

Note: these links are listed for security research and verification purposes only.

CVE
CVE-2021-29996
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.6
EPSS
2.75%

Original NVD Description

Mark Text through 0.16.3 allows attackers arbitrary command execution. This could lead to Remote Code Execution (RCE) by opening .md files containing a mutation Cross Site Scripting (XSS) payload.