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
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | ruby-loofah | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | ruby-loofah | No fix yet | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RubyGems | loofah | < 2.25.3 | 2.25.3 | GHSA-m3x9-938q-5767 |