GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Packagist
GHSA-jv8m-2544-3pg3 Twig: HTML-output filters in twig/* extras incorrectly declared `is_safe => ['all']`
LOW
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-46637
- Ecosystem
- Packagist
- Packages
- twig/markdown-extra, twig/cssinliner-extra
- 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-116
- Reviewed
- 2026-05-21
Affected packages
• Packagist twig/markdown-extra: < 3.26.0 → fixed in 3.26.0
• Packagist twig/cssinliner-extra: < 3.26.0 → fixed in 3.26.0
Description
Description
Several filters in the `twig/*` extras packages are registered with `is_safe => ['all']`, which tells Twig's autoescaper to treat their output as safe in every context (`html`, `js`, `css`, `url`, ...). The output of these filters is plain text or HTML markup, neither of which is safe in every escaping context.
Affected filters:
• `html_to_markdown` (`twig/markdown-extra`) emits plain Markdown text. `league/html-to-markdown` decodes HTML entities when producing code spans and fenced blocks, so an attacker-controlled `<img src=x onerror=alert(1)>` becomes `` `` ``, which renders live when interpolated into an HTML page.
• `markdown_to_html` (`twig/markdown-extra`) emits HTML. Safe in an HTML context but not in JS, CSS or URL contexts (e.g. when interpolated into an inline `` block).
• `inline_css` (`twig/cssinliner-extra`) emits HTML with inlined styles. Same constraint as `markdown_to_html`.
In all three cases, `is_safe => ['all']` causes the autoescaper to emit the output verbatim in any context, even when the developer never wrote `|raw`. In a context such as a JS string or a URL parameter, this produces unescaped HTML and is exploitable as XSS.
Resolution
• `html_to_markdown` no longer claims to be safe in any escaping context; its plain-text output is now autoescaped for the surrounding context.
• `markdown_to_html` and `inline_css` are now declared `is_safe => ['html']`, asserting only what they actually guarantee.
Credits
Twig would like to thank Claude Mythos Preview (via Project Glasswing) for reporting the issue and providing the fix for `html_to_markdown` and `markdown_to_html` in `twig/markdown-extra`, and Christophe Coevoet for extending the audit to `inline_css` in `twig/cssinliner-extra`.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-46637 Twig is a template language for PHP. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-116 Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output weakness
References
- https://github.com/twigphp/Twig/security/advisories/GHSA-jv8m-2544-3pg3 web
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/twig/cssinliner-extra/CVE-2026-46637.yaml web
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/twig/markdown-extra/CVE-2026-46637.yaml web
- https://github.com/twigphp/Twig package
- https://symfony.com/cve-2026-46637 web