# CVE-2026-54566: Markdown Preview Enhanced: Remote Code Execution via VM Sandbox Escape in \`.crossnote/config.js\` and \`.crossnote/parser.js\`

- Also known as: GHSA-427H-JHPR-8JCH
- Severity: CVSS 8.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.8.29
- Published: 2026-10-14 · Updated: 2026-10-14

## Affected

- shd101wyy vscode-markdown-preview-enhanced: fixed in 0.8.29

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on shd101wyy vscode-markdown-preview-enhanced, upgrade to a fixed version (0.8.29) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/shd101wyy/vscode-markdown-preview-enhanced/security/advisories/GHSA-427h-jhpr-8jch
- https://github.com/shd101wyy/crossnote/pull/443
- https://github.com/shd101wyy/vscode-markdown-preview-enhanced/pull/2320
- https://github.com/shd101wyy/crossnote/commit/e4890d64502e53b717cce0cb73f1a78b244dc640
- https://github.com/shd101wyy/vscode-markdown-preview-enhanced/commit/0d4010988c6ae56a38c6dec4a7509cbd5a7dcb4c
- https://github.com/shd101wyy/crossnote/releases/tag/0.9.30
- https://github.com/shd101wyy/vscode-markdown-preview-enhanced/releases/tag/0.8.29

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