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TI-2026-66391 Aliases GHSA-qvc2-mg72-jjhx

JustHTML Affected by Mutation XSS via Literal Text Serialization in Raw Text Elements (style/script)

Priority LOW 38CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
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Privileges required
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User interaction
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Attack complexity
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Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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Fix status
Fixed

No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

## Summary 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`. ## Details The root cause is in HTML serialization of raw-text elements. In serialize.py, text children of `script` and `style` are emitted verbatim: ```python _LITERAL_TEXT_SERIALIZATION_ELEMENTS = frozenset({"script", "style"}) def _serialize_text_for_parent(text: str | None, parent_name: str | None) -> str: if not text: return "" if parent_name in _LITERAL_TEXT_SERIALIZATION_ELEMENTS: return text return _escape_text(text)

Why it matters now

Fix Fixed justhtml (PyPI): 1.12.0

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—justhtml (PyPI)before 1.12.01.12.0Patch availableGHSA-qvc2-mg72-jjhx
  • justhtml (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 1.12.0 Fixed in 1.12.0 Patch available GHSA-qvc2-mg72-jjhx

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-qvc2-mg72-jjhx justhtml (PyPI) Fixed in 1.12.0 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-qvc2-mg72-jjhx

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Sources

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