[markdown-link-extractor] Regular expression denial of service in markdown-link-extractor

An exponential ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service) can be triggered in the markdown-link-extractor npm package, when an attacker is able to supply arbitrary input to the module’s exported function

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43308
• https://research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/markdown-link-extractor-redos-xray-211350/
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mmh6-m7v9-5956