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 1.5.4.
References
| Link | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-68747.html | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/rrrene/html_sanitize_ex/commit/0b9f9ad63a7529d4f2c3c1134c371adc3e654308 | Patch |
| https://github.com/rrrene/html_sanitize_ex/security/advisories/GHSA-87v2-pfhj-r5x7 | Broken Link |
| https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-68747 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
History
11 Aug 2026, 13:47
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 6.1 |
| First Time |
Rrrene
Rrrene htmlsanitizeex |
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:rrrene:htmlsanitizeex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| References | () https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-68747.html - Patch, Third Party Advisory | |
| References | () https://github.com/rrrene/html_sanitize_ex/commit/0b9f9ad63a7529d4f2c3c1134c371adc3e654308 - Patch | |
| References | () https://github.com/rrrene/html_sanitize_ex/security/advisories/GHSA-87v2-pfhj-r5x7 - Broken Link | |
| References | () https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-68747 - Patch, Third Party Advisory |
06 Aug 2026, 16:16
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2026-08-06 16:16
Updated : 2026-08-11 13:47
NVD link : CVE-2026-68747
Mitre link : CVE-2026-68747
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-68747
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Products Affected
rrrene
- htmlsanitizeex
CWE
CWE-74
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
