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CVE-2026-44990NVD
Vulnerability Summary
ApostropheCMS is an open-source Node.js content management system, and sanitize-html provides a simple HTML sanitizer with a clear API. Under the default configuration, versions of `sanitize-html` prior to 2.17.4 can turn attacker-controlled content inside a disallowed `xmp` element into live HTML or JavaScript. This is a sanitizer bypass in the default `disallowedTagsMode: 'discard'` path and can lead to stored XSS in applications that render sanitized output back to users. Version 2.17.4 patches the issue.
CVSS v3.1 Base Metrics
Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityNone
External References
- https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/security/advisories/GHSA-rpr9-rxv7-x643
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36882
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36883
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:40262
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41031
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41055
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41064
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41066
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42146
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42796
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:43052
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:46598
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:46685
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:46885
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:46903
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:47735
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:47737
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:48124
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:51196
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:51197
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:51349
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:57191
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:57194
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59593
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60386
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60441
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:63046
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:63103
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44990
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2488565
- https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/security/advisories/GHSA-rpr9-rxv7-x643
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-44990.json