CRITICAL 9.3 NVD
CVE-2026-7808
justhtml before 1.16.0 contains multiple HTML sanitization bypass issues that can allow active/dangerous content (e.g., script or style) to survive sanitization
justhtml before 1.16.0 contains multiple HTML sanitization bypass issues that can allow active/dangerous content (e.g., script or style) to survive sanitization, potentially leading to cross-site scripting. The issues primarily affect advanced usage rather than the default JustHTML(..., sanitize=True) path for ordinary parsed HTML: mutating or reusing sanitization policy objects (including exported defaults) could weaken later sanitization; programmatic DOM input to sanitize()/sanitize_dom() could miss mixed-case tag names (e.g., ScRiPt, StYlE); crafted programmatic doctype names could serialize into active markup; and custom policies preserving SVG or MathML could allow animation elements, presentation attributes with external url(...) references, or DOM trees mislabeled as namespace="html" to bypass foreign-content checks. Fixed in 1.16.0.
References
- https://github.com/EmilStenstrom/justhtml/security/advisories/GHSA-4p64-v8f5-r2gx
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/justhtml-before-multiple-security-issues-via-sanitiza
This critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.3 was published on 2026-08-23 via NVD.
Risk Timeline
CVE Disclosed2026-08-23 · -1 days ago
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