GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-pmhh-3w7g-xqp8 jsoup: Cleaner may expose markup with custom raw-text elements
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-71497
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- org.jsoup:jsoup
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-06
Affected packages
• Maven org.jsoup:jsoup: >= 1.14.3, < 1.23.1 → fixed in 1.23.1
Description
When a custom `Safelist` permits certain raw-text elements, jsoup may incorrectly sanitize malformed HTML containing a tag name that ends in a control character. The tag may acquire the parsing behavior of a different element, causing content that should remain text to be emitted as active markup after serialization and potentially allowing XSS.
jsoup’s built-in Safelists are unaffected.
Patches
Upgrade to jsoup 1.23.1.
Workarounds
Until upgrading, do not permit raw-text elements in custom Safelists used to clean untrusted HTML.
Additional security considerations
This fix addresses malformed tag-name handling only.
Permitting raw-text elements in a custom `Safelist` does not make their contents inherently safe. For example, applications that permit `style` must apply appropriate CSS safeguards separately, because jsoup does not parse or sanitize CSS.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-71497 jsoup is a Java library for working with real-world HTML. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness