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GHSA-qvc2-mg72-jjhx: JustHTML Affected by Mutation XSS via Literal Text Serialization in Raw Text Elements (style/script)

March 18, 2026

Sanitized DOM trees can be unsafe to serialize when a custom policy allows raw-text elements such as <style> or <script>.

The issue affects DOM trees that are constructed or modified programmatically and then passed through sanitize_dom() with a policy that keeps these elements. Text nodes inside <style> and <script> are serialized literally, so attacker-controlled text containing the matching closing tag sequence can break out of the raw-text context and inject HTML into the serialized output.

The default sanitization policy is not affected because it drops the contents of style and script.

References

  • github.com/EmilStenstrom/justhtml
  • github.com/EmilStenstrom/justhtml/security/advisories/GHSA-qvc2-mg72-jjhx
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-qvc2-mg72-jjhx

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Affected versions

All versions before 1.12.0

Fixed versions

  • 1.12.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.12.0 or above.

Impact 5.4 MEDIUM

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

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Weakness

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

Source file

pypi/justhtml/GHSA-qvc2-mg72-jjhx.yml

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