JustHTML has a Sanitizer Bypass (in Markdown)
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 `to_markdown()` does not sufficiently escape text content that looks like HTML. As a result, untrusted input that is safe in `to_html()` can become raw HTML in Markdown output. This is not specific to tokenizer raw-text states like `<title>`, `<noscript>`, or `<plaintext>`, although those states can trigger the behavior. The root cause is broader: Markdown text serialization leaves angle brackets unescaped in text nodes. ## Details When converting a parsed document to Markdown, text nodes are escaped for a small set of Markdown metacharacters, but HTML-significant characters such as `<` and `>` are preserved. That means content parsed as text, including entity-decoded text or text produced by RCDATA/RAWTEXT-style parsing, can be emitted into Markdown as raw HTML. Examples of affected input include: - Text produced from entity-decoded input such as `<script>...</script>` - Text inside elements like `<title>`, `<textarea>`, `<noscript>` (when parsed as raw text), and `<plaintext>` This is distinct from actual `<script>` or `<style>` elements in the DOM. Those are already dropped by default in `to_markdown()` unless `html_passthrough=True`. ## Proof of Concept ### General case ```python from justhtml import JustHTML doc = JustHTML("<p><img src=x onerror=alert(1)></p>", fragment=True) print(doc.to_html()) print() print(doc.to_markdown())
Why it matters now
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | justhtml (PyPI) | before 1.12.0 | 1.12.0 | Patch available | GHSA-3rcm-vjrc-p45j |
- justhtml (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 1.12.0 Fixed in 1.12.0 Patch available GHSA-3rcm-vjrc-p45j
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-3rcm-vjrc-p45j justhtml (PyPI) Fixed in 1.12.0 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-3rcm-vjrc-p45j
References
Sources
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