GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI

GHSA-4p64-v8f5-r2gx Multiple security fixes in justhtml

LOW Published 2026-04-14 Modified 2026-04-14 Official page ↗
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
justhtml
Severity
Low
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U
Weaknesses
CWE-178, CWE-436, CWE-471, CWE-79
Reviewed
2026-04-14

Affected packages

• PyPI justhtml: < 1.16.0 → fixed in 1.16.0

Description

Summary `justhtml` `1.16.0` fixes multiple security issues in sanitization, serialization, and programmatic DOM handling. Most of these issues affected one of these advanced paths rather than ordinary parsed HTML with the default safe settings: • programmatic DOM input to `sanitize()` or `sanitize_dom()` • reused or mutated sanitization policy objects • custom policies that preserve foreign namespaces such as SVG or MathML Affected versions • `justhtml` `` and `` that mutate already-sanitized attributes after sanitization • presentation attributes such as `fill`, `clip-path`, `mask`, `marker-start`, and `cursor` containing external `url(...)` references • programmatic DOM trees that claim `namespace="html"` but serialize as `` or ``, bypassing foreign-content checks Rawtext hardening gap Mixed-case programmatic `style` or `script` nodes could bypass rawtext hardening and preserve active stylesheet content such as remote `@import` rules. Default configuration Most of these issues did not affect the normal `JustHTML(..., sanitize=True)` path for ordinary parsed HTML. The main exceptions were policy-mutation issues, which could weaken later sanitization if code mutated nested state on reused policy objects or exported defaults. Recommended action Upgrade to `justhtml` `1.16.0`. If you cannot upgrade immediately: • do not mutate `DEFAULT_POLICY`, `DEFAULT_DOCUMENT_POLICY`, or nested policy internals • avoid reusing policy objects after mutating nested state • avoid preserving SVG or MathML for untrusted input • avoid preserving `style` or `script` in custom policies for untrusted input • avoid serializing untrusted programmatic doctypes or DOM trees Credit Discovered during an internal security review of `justhtml`.

Related

Weakness · CWE (4)

  • CWE-178 Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity weakness
  • CWE-436 Interpretation Conflict weakness
  • CWE-471 Modification of Assumed-Immutable Data (MAID) weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness

References