CVE-2023-53940

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53940
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53940.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-53940
Published
2025-12-18T19:57:44.987Z
Modified
2026-07-15T01:48:57.671932337Z
Severity
  • 8.4 (High) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
Codigo Markdown Editor 1.0.1 Electron Arbitrary Code Execution via Markdown File
Details

Codigo Markdown Editor 1.0.1 contains a code execution vulnerability that allows attackers to run arbitrary system commands by crafting a malicious markdown file. Attackers can embed a video source with an onerror event that executes shell commands through Node.js child_process module when the file is opened.

Database specific 
{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-94"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53940.json",
    "cna_assigner": "VulnCheck"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/alfonzm/codigo-app

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/alfonzm/codigo-app
Events
Introduced
c2eebc79d66f3128196592ba5d49e5d1cd606f71
Last affected
c2eebc79d66f3128196592ba5d49e5d1cd606f71
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "1.0.1"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.0.1"
        }
    ],
    "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD"
}

Affected versions

1.*
1.0.1
v1.*
v1.0.1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53940.json"