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CVE-2026-31873: Unhead Vulnerable to Bypass of URI Scheme Sanitization in makeTagSafe via Case-Sensitivity

March 12, 2026

The link.href check in makeTagSafe (safe.ts, line 68-71) uses String.includes(), which is case-sensitive:

if (key === 'href') {
if (val.includes('javascript:') || val.includes('data:')) {
return
}
next[key] = val
}

Browsers treat URI schemes case-insensitively. DATA:text/css,... is the same as data:text/css,... to the browser, but 'DATA:...'.includes('data:') returns false.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-5339-hvwr-7582
  • github.com/unjs/unhead
  • github.com/unjs/unhead/releases/tag/v2.1.11
  • github.com/unjs/unhead/security/advisories/GHSA-5339-hvwr-7582
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31873

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Affected versions

All versions before 2.1.11

Fixed versions

  • 2.1.11

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.1.11 or above.

Impact

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

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Weakness

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

Source file

npm/unhead/CVE-2026-31873.yml

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