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CVE-2026-59929: Mistune renderers/html.safe_url: HARMFUL_PROTOCOLS list misses legacy and chained schemes that historically chain to `javascript:` execution

July 20, 2026

Type: URL-scheme allowlist gap. The safe_url filter only blocks the four schemes javascript:, vbscript:, file:, data:. Several other schemes are accepted into rendered <a href="..."> and <img src="..."> tags despite being known XSS vectors in legacy or chain-handling browsers. The same gap applies to direct links, reference links, and autolinks. File: src/mistune/renderers/html.py, line 11-23 (HARMFUL_PROTOCOLS list). Root cause: the HARMFUL_PROTOCOLS tuple is a hardcoded, opt-out denylist of four entries. Browsers historically supported (and some still partially support) several other schemes that either execute JavaScript directly (livescript:, mocha:) or wrap a javascript: payload (feed:javascript:, view-source:javascript:, jar:javascript:, ms-its:javascript:, mk:@MSITStore:javascript:). On user-agents that still recognise these schemes (older Firefox builds for feed:/jar:, all Internet Explorer / Edge Legacy for ms-its:/mk:/res:, niche chrome-style browsers, browser extensions that register custom protocol handlers), clicking a link rendered by mistune executes attacker-controlled JavaScript in the page’s origin.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-qfrw-5rxm-mhh2
  • github.com/lepture/mistune/commit/c7101fcbb6e8790e8e39157c5ca2238fc6dd6cbc
  • github.com/lepture/mistune/releases/tag/v3.3.0
  • github.com/lepture/mistune/security/advisories/GHSA-qfrw-5rxm-mhh2
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/mistune/PYSEC-2026-2217.yaml
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-59929

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Affected versions

All versions before 3.3.0

Fixed versions

  • 3.3.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.3.0 or above.

Impact 6.1 MEDIUM

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-184: Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs
  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Source file

pypi/mistune/CVE-2026-59929.yml

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