UBUNTU-CVE-2026-41240 (CVE-2026-41240)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2026-04-23 16:16 – Updated: 2026-05-20 15:27 – Source website
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Details

DOMPurify is a DOM-only cross-site scripting sanitizer for HTML, MathML, and SVG. Versions prior to 3.4.0 have an inconsistency between FORBID_TAGS and FORBID_ATTR handling when function-based ADD_TAGS is used. Commit c361baa added an early exit for FORBID_ATTR at line 1214. The same fix was not applied to FORBID_TAGS. At line 1118-1123, when EXTRA_ELEMENT_HANDLING.tagCheck returns true, the short-circuit evaluation skips the FORBID_TAGS check entirely. This allows forbidden elements to survive sanitization with their attributes intact. Version 3.4.0 patches the issue.

Severity
6.0 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "details": "DOMPurify is a DOM-only cross-site scripting sanitizer for HTML, MathML, and SVG. Versions prior to 3.4.0 have an inconsistency between FORBID_TAGS and FORBID_ATTR handling when function-based ADD_TAGS is used. Commit c361baa added an early exit for FORBID_ATTR at line 1214. The same fix was not applied to FORBID_TAGS. At line 1118-1123, when EXTRA_ELEMENT_HANDLING.tagCheck returns true, the short-circuit evaluation skips the FORBID_TAGS check entirely. This allows forbidden elements to survive sanitization with their attributes intact. Version 3.4.0 patches the issue.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-41240",
  "modified": "2026-05-20T15:27:26Z",
  "published": "2026-04-23T16:16:00Z",
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      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-41240"
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      "url": "https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/security/advisories/GHSA-h7mw-gpvr-xq4m"
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
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      "type": "CVSS_V4"
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