html-janitor node module suffers from an External Control of Critical State Data…
Priority LOW 29CWE-642Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
html-janitor node module suffers from an External Control of Critical State Data vulnerability via user-control of the '_sanitized' variable causing sanitization to be bypassed.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01022 63rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HackerOne | html-janitor node module | All versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | html-janitor (npm) | all versions | — | No fix listed | GHSA-fx46-whrj-73v5 |
- html-janitor node module VendorHackerOne Affected All versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- html-janitor (npm) Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-fx46-whrj-73v5
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:theguardian:html-janitor:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | 2.0.2 | Vulnerable | Theguardian |
- cpe:2.3:a:theguardian:html-janitor:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions 2.0.2 Vulnerable ·Theguardian
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-0928
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fx46-whrj-73v5
References
Sources
- CVE-2017-0928 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-0928 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fx46-whrj-73v5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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