Markdown for bold within italics not working *They do **NOT** allow bold within italics.*

Summary

Using Markdown to bold a single word within italics is not working properly.

Steps to reproduce

Enter this text as markdown in a Gitlab page, such as a README.md

*They do **NOT** allow bold within italics.*

What is the current bug behavior?

• Actual: They do NOT allow bold within italics.

What is the expected correct behavior?

• Expected: They do NOT allow bold within italics.

Relevant logs and/or screenshots

Output of checks

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Results of GitLab environment info

Possible fixes

Update your regex matching or syntax highlighting engine for Markdown