CVE-2026-42615: CyberChef has a Cross-site Scripting issue

April 29, 2026 (updated May 6, 2026)

GCHQ CyberChef before 11.0.0 allows XSS via Show Base64 offsets, as demonstrated by the /#recipe=Show_Base64_offsets(’%3Cscript substring.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-h4hv-92pp-pcjg
github.com/gchq/CyberChef/commit/9641ae07f92e9af50f10e978385465b2f4a36c4d
github.com/gchq/CyberChef/compare/v10.24.0...v11.0.0
github.com/gchq/CyberChef/issues/2344
github.com/gchq/CyberChef/pull/2346
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42615

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