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Low · 2.3 CVE-2026-68747 EEF-CVE-2026-68747EUVD-2026-54083GHSA-87v2-pfhj-r5x7GHSA-g72r-5wgp-6532

CSS sanitizer allowlist bypass in html_sanitize_ex via non-declaration input

Published Aug 6, 2026 · Updated Aug 19, 2026 · Assigned by EEF

Description

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') vulnerability in the CSS scrubber in rrrene html_sanitize_ex allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to inject CSS at-rules, including an import of a remote stylesheet, into a page served to other users. HtmlSanitizeEx.Scrubber.CSS.scrub/1 applies its property and value allowlist through a Regex.replace over substrings matching a property: value declaration pattern, so input that does not match that pattern is never inspected and is copied to the output unchanged. @import url(//attacker.example/style.css); survives, while the same URL inside a background: url(...) declaration is removed.

Element boundaries are resolved before the scrubber runs, so injected content does not escape the <style> element and no script executes.

This issue affects html_sanitize_ex: from 0.3.1 before 1.4.5 and from 1.5.0-rc.0 before 1.5.4.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
rrrene html_sanitize_ex 0.3.1 – < 1.4.5, 1.5.0-rc.0 – < 1.5.4 1.4.5

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Hex html_sanitize_ex >= 0.3.1, < 1.4.5 · >= 1.5.0-rc.0, < 1.5.4 1.4.5, 1.5.4 EEF-CVE-2026-68747

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