CVE-2026-8661

medium

Published 2026-06-26 · Modified 2026-06-26

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CVSS v3

4.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

4.8

Description

Server-Side Cross-Site Scripting and Server-Side Request Forgery vulnerability in the markdown_to_pdf action of Rapid7 InsightConnect Markdown Plugin version 3.1.4 and earlier on Linux allows remote attackers to execute JavaScript server-side and make arbitrary outbound HTTP requests via crafted content embedded in Markdown input. The PDF rendering engine does not restrict script execution or outbound network access.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

58%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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References

CWEs

CWE-79 CWE-918

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.