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Critical · 9.9 CVE-2026-40472 EUVD-2026-25235GHSA-8fw8-47cx-j4q4HSEC-2026-0004

Hackage package metadata stored XSS vulnerability

Published Apr 23, 2026 · Updated Apr 23, 2026 · Assigned by redhat-cnalr

Description

In hackage-server, user-controlled metadata from .cabal files are rendered into HTML
href attributes without proper sanitization, enabling stored
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— hackage-server 0.1 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Hackage hackage-server >= 0.1 — HSEC-2026-0004

References