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GHSA-WF6M-786J-GXRR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-23 15:33 – Updated: 2026-08-23 15:33

Details

justhtml versions <= 1.11.0 (fixed in 1.12.0) do not sufficiently escape HTML-significant characters (angle brackets) in text nodes when converting a parsed document to Markdown via to_markdown(). While a small set of Markdown metacharacters are escaped, characters such as < and > are preserved, so untrusted input that is safe in to_html() — including entity-decoded text (e.g. <script>) or text from RCDATA/RAWTEXT-parsed elements like , , , and — can be emitted as raw HTML in the Markdown output, enabling a sanitizer bypass and potential cross-site scripting when that output is rendered.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

9.3 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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CVE-2026-8445 (GCVE-0-2026-8445)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-23 13:34 – Updated: 2026-08-24 19:06

Title

justhtml before 1.12.0 Sanitizer Bypass via Markdown

Summary

justhtml versions <= 1.11.0 (fixed in 1.12.0) do not sufficiently escape HTML-significant characters (angle brackets) in text nodes when converting a parsed document to Markdown via to_markdown(). While a small set of Markdown metacharacters are escaped, characters such as < and > are preserved, so untrusted input that is safe in to_html() — including entity-decoded text (e.g. <script>) or text from RCDATA/RAWTEXT-parsed elements like <title>, <textarea>, <noscript>, and <plaintext> — can be emitted as raw HTML in the Markdown output, enabling a sanitizer bypass and potential cross-site scripting when that output is rendered.

Severity

9.3 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

9.8 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-24 19:06 UTC

CWE

CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Assigner

VulnCheck mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/EmilStenstrom/justhtml/securit…	vendor-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/justhtml-bef…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
EmilStenstrom	justhtml	Affected: 0 , < 1.12.0 (semver) Unaffected: 1.12.0 (semver)

Date Public

2026-03-18 00:00

Credits

kejcao

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CVE-2026-8445 (GCVE-0-2026-8445)

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