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Medium · 4.7 CVE-2026-126207 EUVD-2026-124713GHSA-m3x9-938q-5767

Loofah: CSS url() sanitization bypass via escaped parentheses

Published Nov 12, 2026 · Updated Nov 13, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Loofah is a general library for manipulating and transforming HTML/XML documents and fragments, built on top of Nokogiri. Prior to 2.25.3, Loofah::HTML5::Scrub.scrub_css checks only the first parse of a style attribute, then rebuilds CSS with identifier escapes decoded so escaped parentheses, property names, comments, or quotes can become a live url() without a second safety check. An attacker can use list-style to make a viewer's browser request an attacker-chosen URL when content renders, or cursor to make the request on hover. The request can disclose the viewer's IP address, user agent, access timing, and access to internal-network hosts, but no script survives sanitization and the attacker cannot read the response. This issue is fixed in version 2.25.3.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
flavorjones loofah < 2.25.3 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 ruby-loofah No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ruby-loofah No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ruby-loofah No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS ruby-loofah No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS ruby-loofah No fix yet —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS ruby-loofah No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ruby-loofah No fix yet —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
RubyGems loofah < 2.25.3 2.25.3 GHSA-m3x9-938q-5767

References