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Medium · 5.3 CVE-2026-41159 EUVD-2026-33324GHSA-87f9-hvmw-gh4p

Mermaid: Improper sanitization of configuration leads to CSS injection

Published May 29, 2026 · Updated Jul 1, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Mermaid is a JavaScript tool that uses Markdown-inspired text to create and modify diagrams and charts. Prior to 10.9.6 and 11.15.0, Mermaid's default configuration allows injecting CSS that applies outside of the Mermaid diagram via the fontFamily, themeCSS, and altFontFamily configuration options. The injected CSS exploits stylis's & (scope reference) handling. :not(&) escapes the #mermaid-xxx automatic scoping, applying styles to all page elements. Global at-rules (@font-face, @keyframes, @counter-style) are also injectable as stylis hoists them to top level. This allows page defacement and DOM attribute exfiltration via CSS :has() selectors. This vulnerability is fixed in 10.9.6 and 11.15.0.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
mermaid-js mermaid >= 11.0.0-alpha.1, < 11.15.0, < 10.9.6 —

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
Debian 14 node-mermaid No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 node-mermaid No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS node-mermaid No fix yet —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm mermaid >= 11.0.0-alpha.1, < 11.15.0 11.15.0 GHSA-87f9-hvmw-gh4p
npm mermaid < 10.9.6 10.9.6 GHSA-87f9-hvmw-gh4p

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