Reddit's vulnerability footprint is concentrated around its Snudown markdown parser component, which handles user-generated content rendering across the platform. The recurring weakness classes—improper input validation, inefficient algorithmic complexity, uncontrolled resource consumption, and use of broken cryptographic algorithms—reflect the parsing and processing demands of a widely accessible text-rendering library exposed to untrusted input. Current severity, exploitation activity, and exposure counts are shown alongside this summary.
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Reddit over time
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (1 CVEs).
1 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2021-41168MEDIUM Snudown is a reddit-specific fork of the Sundown Markdown parser used by GitHub, with Python integration added. In affected versions snudown was found to be vulnerable to denial of | Oct 21, 2021 | 6.5 | 22 | NO | NO |
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (1 CVEs).
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