CVE-2026-54703: medium-severity vulnerability in shd101wyy vscode-markdown-preview-enhanced
Markdown Preview Enhanced: Arbitrary File Write via updateMarkdown Command Without Path Validation
Published · Updated
13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 5.8epss 0.2%
exploitation probability
0.2%top 89% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
Markdown Preview Enhanced is a Markdown preview extension for Visual Studio Code. Prior to 0.8.30, the _crossnote.updateMarkdown command in Markdown Preview Enhanced accepts an arbitrary URI and attacker-controlled content, then passes them to vscode.workspace.fs.writeFile without validating that the target is the Markdown file represented by the current preview. JavaScript already executing in the preview webview can invoke this command through the extension message bridge and write any file permitted by the VS Code user's operating-system privileges, including user configuration, startup, source, and build files. This file-write vulnerability requires a separate webview JavaScript execution path, such as the independently tracked head.html injection and blind command-dispatch weaknesses. This issue is fixed in version 0.8.30.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
shd101wyy · vscode-markdown-preview-enhancedRelated CVEs — shd101wyy vscode-markdown-preview-enhanced
In the same product, most dangerous first.
CVE-2026-54525HIGHMarkdown Preview Enhanced: One Click RCE via Markdown Link Command Injection on WindowsEPSS 0.4%CVE-2026-54566HIGHMarkdown Preview Enhanced: Remote Code Execution via VM Sandbox Escape in `.crossnote/config.js` and `.crossnote/parser.js`EPSS 0.3%CVE-2026-54702HIGHMarkdown Preview Enhanced: Blind Command Dispatch via Unvalidated Webview Message HandlerEPSS 0.2%CVE-2026-54701MEDIUMMarkdown Preview Enhanced: Stored XSS via Unsanitized `.crossnote/head.html` Injection in WebviewEPSS 0.2%
References
https://github.com/shd101wyy/vscode-markdown-preview-enhanced/commit/8bc848b6cbb42b9f35a0f95f7c3bf29b8302970ehttps://github.com/shd101wyy/vscode-markdown-preview-enhanced/pull/2323https://github.com/shd101wyy/vscode-markdown-preview-enhanced/releases/tag/0.8.30https://github.com/shd101wyy/vscode-markdown-preview-enhanced/security/advisories/GHSA-82rc-7g3m-2c42