CVE-2026-8630

justhtml before 1.12.0 (versions <= 1.11.0) contains a mutation cross-site scripting (mXSS) vulnerability in the serialization of raw-text elements such as <style> and <script>. When a DOM tree is processed by sanitize_dom() using a custom policy that keeps these elements, text nodes inside them are serialized literally without escaping, allowing attacker-controlled text containing the matching closing tag sequence to break out of the raw-text context and inject arbitrary HTML into the serialized output. The default sanitization policy is not affected because it drops the contents of style and script.

justhtml before 1.12.0 (versions <= 1.11.0) contains a mutation cross-site scripting (mXSS) vulnerability in the serialization of raw-text elements such as <style> and <script>. When a DOM tree is processed by sanitize_dom() using a custom policy that keeps these elements, text nodes inside them are serialized literally without escaping, allowing attacker-controlled text containing the matching closing tag sequence to break out of the raw-text context and inject arbitrary HTML into the serialized output. The default sanitization policy is not affected because it drops the contents of style and script.

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:

_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)

justhtml before 1.12.0 (versions <= 1.11.0) contains a mutation cross-site scripting (mXSS) vulnerability in the serialization of raw-text elements such as <style> and <script>. When a DOM tree is processed by sanitize_dom() using a custom policy that keeps these elements, text nodes inside them are serialized literally without escaping, allowing attacker-controlled text containing the matching closing tag sequence to break out of the raw-text context and inject arbitrary HTML into the serialized output. The default sanitization policy is not affected because it drops the contents of style and script.

justhtml before 1.12.0 (versions <= 1.11.0) contains a mutation cross-site scripting (mXSS) vulnerability in the serialization of raw-text elements such as <style> and <script>. When a DOM tree is processed by sanitize_dom() using a custom policy that keeps these elements, text nodes inside them are serialized literally without escaping, allowing attacker-controlled text containing the matching closing tag sequence to break out of the raw-text context and inject arbitrary HTML into the serialized output. The default sanitization policy is not affected because it drops the contents of style and script.

justhtml before 1.12.0 (versions <= 1.11.0) contains a mutation cross-site scripting (mXSS) vulnerability in the serialization of raw-text elements such as <style> and <script>. When a DOM tree is processed by sanitize_dom() using a custom policy that keeps these elements, text nodes inside them are serialized literally without escaping, allowing attacker-controlled text containing the matching closing tag sequence to break out of the raw-text context and inject arbitrary HTML into the serialized output. The default sanitization policy is not affected because it drops the contents of style and script.

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:

_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)