diff --git a/src/rules.ts b/src/rules.ts
index cdbbeadb93..2c08276fc8 100644
--- a/src/rules.ts
+++ b/src/rules.ts
@@ -149,11 +149,11 @@ const _tag = 'address|article|aside|base|basefont|blockquote|body|caption'
 const _comment = /<!--(?:-?>|[\s\S]*?(?:-->|$))/;
 const html = edit(
   '^ {0,3}(?:' // optional indentation
-+ '<(script|pre|style|textarea)[\\s>][\\s\\S]*?(?:</\\1>[^\\n]*\\n+|$)' // (1)
++ '<(script|pre|style|textarea)[\\s>][\\s\\S]*?(?:</\\1>[^\\n]*\\n*|$)' // (1)
 + '|comment[^\\n]*(\\n+|$)' // (2)
-+ '|<\\?[\\s\\S]*?(?:\\?>[^\\n]*\\n+|$)' // (3)
-+ '|<![A-Z][\\s\\S]*?(?:>[^\\n]*\\n+|$)' // (4)
-+ '|<!\\[CDATA\\[[\\s\\S]*?(?:\\]\\]>[^\\n]*\\n+|$)' // (5)
++ '|<\\?[\\s\\S]*?(?:\\?>[^\\n]*\\n*|$)' // (3)
++ '|<![A-Z][\\s\\S]*?(?:>[^\\n]*\\n*|$)' // (4)
++ '|<!\\[CDATA\\[[\\s\\S]*?(?:\\]\\]>[^\\n]*\\n*|$)' // (5)
 + '|</?(tag)(?: +|\\n|/?>)[\\s\\S]*?(?:(?:\\n[ \t]*)+\\n|$)' // (6)
 + '|<(?!script|pre|style|textarea)([a-z][\\w-]*)(?:attribute)*? */?>(?=[ \\t]*(?:\\n|$))[\\s\\S]*?(?:(?:\\n[ \t]*)+\\n|$)' // (7) open tag
 + '|</(?!script|pre|style|textarea)[a-z][\\w-]*\\s*>(?=[ \\t]*(?:\\n|$))[\\s\\S]*?(?:(?:\\n[ \t]*)+\\n|$)' // (7) closing tag
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ const createParagraph = (listInterrupt: RegExp) => edit(_paragraph)
   .replace('|lheading', '') // setext headings don't interrupt commonmark paragraphs
   .replace('|table', '')
   .replace('blockquote', ' {0,3}>')
-  .replace('fences', ' {0,3}(?:`{3,}(?=[^`\\n]*\\n)|~{3,})[^\\n]*\\n')
+  .replace('fences', ' {0,3}(?:`{3,}(?=[^`\\n]*\\n)|~~~)[^\\n]*\\n')
   .replace('list', listInterrupt)
   .replace('html', '</?(?:tag)(?: +|\\n|/?>)|<(?:script|pre|style|textarea|!--)')
   .replace('tag', _tag) // pars can be interrupted by type (6) html blocks
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ const gfmTable = edit(
   .replace('heading', ' {0,3}#{1,6}(?:\\s|$)')
   .replace('blockquote', ' {0,3}>')
   .replace('code', '(?: {4}| {0,3}\t)[^\\n]')
-  .replace('fences', ' {0,3}(?:`{3,}(?=[^`\\n]*\\n)|~{3,})[^\\n]*\\n')
+  .replace('fences', ' {0,3}(?:`{3,}(?=[^`\\n]*\\n)|~~~)[^\\n]*\\n')
   .replace('list', ' {0,3}(?:[*+-]|1[.)])[ \\t]') // any bullet ends the table rows
   .replace('html', '</?(?:tag)(?: +|\\n|/?>)|<(?:script|pre|style|textarea|!--)')
   .replace('tag', _tag) // tables can be interrupted by type (6) html blocks
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ const blockGfm: Record<BlockKeys, RegExp> = {
     .replace('|lheading', '') // setext headings don't interrupt commonmark paragraphs
     .replace('table', gfmTable) // interrupt paragraphs with table
     .replace('blockquote', ' {0,3}>')
-    .replace('fences', ' {0,3}(?:`{3,}(?=[^`\\n]*\\n)|~{3,})[^\\n]*\\n')
+    .replace('fences', ' {0,3}(?:`{3,}(?=[^`\\n]*\\n)|~~~)[^\\n]*\\n')
     .replace('list', ' {0,3}(?:[*+-]|1[.)])[ \\t]+[^ \\t\\n]') // only non-empty lists starting from 1 can interrupt
     .replace('html', '</?(?:tag)(?: +|\\n|/?>)|<(?:script|pre|style|textarea|!--)')
     .replace('tag', _tag) // pars can be interrupted by type (6) html blocks
diff --git a/test/specs/redos/quadratic_html_block_close.cjs b/test/specs/redos/quadratic_html_block_close.cjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b5c753f6df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/specs/redos/quadratic_html_block_close.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+module.exports = {
+  markdown: '<!x ' + 'a>'.repeat(50000),
+  html: '<!x ' + 'a>'.repeat(50000),
+};
diff --git a/test/specs/redos/quadratic_tilde_paragraph_interrupt.cjs b/test/specs/redos/quadratic_tilde_paragraph_interrupt.cjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b9e9c4c096
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/specs/redos/quadratic_tilde_paragraph_interrupt.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+module.exports = {
+  markdown: 'intro\n' + '~'.repeat(50000),
+  html: `<p>intro\n${'~'.repeat(50000)}</p>\n`,
+};