HIGH 8.2 NVD
CVE-2026-49825
lxml is a library for processing XML and HTML in the Python language. Prior to 6.1.1, link attributes in ``lxml.html.defs.link_attrs`` were missing ``xlink:href
lxml is a library for processing XML and HTML in the Python language. Prior to 6.1.1, link attributes in ``lxml.html.defs.link_attrs`` were missing ``xlink:href``, which can be used for URL bypass attacks in embedded SVG/MathML/etc. content. This vulnerability was fixed in lxml 6.1.1 and lxml_html_clean 0.4.5.
References
- https://github.com/fedora-python/lxml_html_clean/commit/322357ac61c6cf80fcbaba53b4e92e31f3
- https://github.com/fedora-python/lxml_html_clean/releases/tag/0.4.5
- https://github.com/fedora-python/lxml_html_clean/security/advisories/GHSA-4jhm-jv67-739f
- https://github.com/lxml/lxml/commit/5927a6d5e851845140975d99b65461e255caaab0
- https://github.com/lxml/lxml/releases/tag/lxml-6.1.1
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.2 was published on 2026-08-20 via NVD.
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