High severity · published Oct 14, 2026
CVE-2026-54566
Markdown Preview Enhanced: Remote Code Execution via VM Sandbox Escape in `.crossnote/config.js` and `.crossnote/parser.js`
8.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Markdown Preview Enhanced is a Markdown preview extension for Visual Studio Code. Prior to 0.8.29, Markdown Preview Enhanced evaluates repository-controlled .crossnote/config.js and .crossnote/parser.js files with vm.runInNewContext, which does not provide a security boundary from the Node.js host realm. Opening a Markdown file in a malicious repository automatically loads these files, and prototype-chain traversal can reach the host Function constructor and process object, allowing operating-system commands to execute as the victim account without further interaction. Both configuration evaluation and parser-hook evaluation are affected, and the attack does not depend on module-scoped require being available. This issue is fixed in version 0.8.29.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 22% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VS
vscode-markdown-preview-enhanced · shd101wyy
< 0.8.29 · source: vendor
Affected product
VS
vscode-markdown-preview-enhanced
shd101wyy
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-54566
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-54566
github.com
https://github.com/shd101wyy/crossnote/commit/e4890d64502e53b717cce0cb73f1a78b244dc640
github.com
https://github.com/shd101wyy/crossnote/pull/443
github.com
https://github.com/shd101wyy/crossnote/releases/tag/0.9.30
github.com
https://github.com/shd101wyy/vscode-markdown-preview-enhanced/commit/0d4010988c6ae56a38c6dec4a7509cbd5a7dcb4c
github.com
https://github.com/shd101wyy/vscode-markdown-preview-enhanced/pull/2320
github.com
https://github.com/shd101wyy/vscode-markdown-preview-enhanced/releases/tag/0.8.29
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