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Medium · 6.3 CVE-2026-63430 EUVD-2026-102241GHSA-9jh8-v38h-cvhrRUSTSEC-2026-0193

ammonia: mXSS in ammonia via MathML `annotation-xml` encoding strip

Published Oct 15, 2026 · Updated Oct 15, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

ammonia is a Rust library for repairing and securing untrusted HTML. Prior to 3.3.2, 4.0.2, and 4.1.3, applications that explicitly allow the math tag, annotation-xml, and at least one raw-text HTML element while disallowing the encoding attribute can permit mutation cross-site scripting. ammonia does not correctly implement annotation-xml's encoding-dependent MathML integration-point behavior after attribute filtering removes encoding, so the sanitizer validates a descendant under one namespace interpretation while the browser reparses the output under another. An attacker can use that namespace transition and an allowed raw-text HTML element to execute JavaScript when a user renders the sanitized output. The required tags are not enabled by default, so applications that do not explicitly allow them are not affected. This issue is fixed in versions 3.3.2, 4.0.2, and 4.1.3.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
rust-ammonia ammonia < 3.3.2, >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.2, >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.3 —

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
Debian 14 rust-ammonia 4.1.3-1 —
Debian 13 rust-ammonia No fix yet —
Debian 12 rust-ammonia No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS rust-ammonia No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS rust-ammonia No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS rust-ammonia No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 16.0 gnome-podcasts 0.7.1-bp160.1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:22255-1

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
crates.io ammonia < 3.3.2 3.3.2 GHSA-9jh8-v38h-cvhr
crates.io ammonia >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.2 4.0.2 GHSA-9jh8-v38h-cvhr
crates.io ammonia >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.3 4.1.3 GHSA-9jh8-v38h-cvhr
crates.io ammonia >= 0.0.0-0, < 3.3.2 · >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.2 · >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.3 3.3.2, 4.0.2, 4.1.3 RUSTSEC-2026-0193

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