CVE-2026-59710

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.16.1
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 6.1 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-07. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
6.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.1Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

showdown contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the parseHeaders function of src/subParsers/makehtml/tables.js that fails to properly escape table header ID attributes. Attackers can inject arbitrary HTML and script-executing SVG elements through double-quote characters in markdown table headers, achieving stored XSS when untrusted markdown is rendered with the default github flavor configuration.

CVSS v3
6.1
EG Score
6.1(medium)
EG Risk
43(Track)
EG Risk 43/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity61% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
27%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 6, 2026

Last Modified

July 7, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated Jul 7, 2026
Upstream fix merged — awaiting tagged release. Sources: github_commit.
generic

showdown - Stored XSS via Unescaped Table Header ID Attribute Injection | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/showdown-stored-xss-via-unescaped-table-header-id-attribute-injection
github_commit

commit e5cab1e9a5dc (showdownjs/showdown)

Fix landed in showdownjs/showdown commit e5cab1e9a5dc — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/showdownjs/showdown/commit/e5cab1e9a5dcea2bb3cbf888863fa7e65ab37edf
generic

GitHub - showdownjs/showdown: A bidirectional Markdown to HTML to Markdown converter written in Javascript · GitHub

https://github.com/showdownjs/showdown
generic

Stored XSS via Table Header ID Attribute Injection · Issue #1046 · showdownjs/showdown · GitHub

https://github.com/showdownjs/showdown/issues/1046

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-59710(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
npmshowdownghsa

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
npm(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
showdown

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 12× in last 7d / 49× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-59710?
CVE-2026-59710 is a medium vulnerability published on July 6, 2026. showdown contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the parseHeaders function of src/subParsers/makehtml/tables.js that fails to properly escape table header ID attributes. Attackers can inject arbitrary HTML and script-executing SVG elements through double-quote characters in markdown…
When was CVE-2026-59710 disclosed?
CVE-2026-59710 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 6, 2026, with the most recent update on July 7, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-59710 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-59710 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 72.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-59710?
CVE-2026-59710 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-59710?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-59710, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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