Description
rails-html-sanitizer is responsible for sanitizing HTML fragments in Rails applications. From 1.0.3 until 1.7.1, Rails::HTML::PermitScrubber restricted SVG reference elements in SVG_ALLOW_LOCAL_HREF only when they used xlink:href, even though browsers also accept the plain href attribute. Applications with non-default allowed tags that included SVG use or feImage elements could therefore permit external references; a same-origin external SVG referenced by use could execute scripts in the sanitized document's context, while feImage could load external images for tracking. Applications using the default allowed tags are not affected. This issue is fixed in version 1.7.1.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| rails | rails-html-sanitizer | >= 1.0.3, < 1.7.1 | — |
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.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | ruby-rails-html-sanitizer | 1.7.1-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | ruby-rails-html-sanitizer | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 12 | ruby-rails-html-sanitizer | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | ruby-rails-html-sanitizer | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | ruby-rails-html-sanitizer | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | ruby-rails-html-sanitizer | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | ruby-rails-html-sanitizer | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | ruby-rails-html-sanitizer | No fix yet | — |
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | ruby-rails-html-sanitizer | No fix yet | — |
SUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES 15 SP7 | rubygem-rails-html-sanitizer | 1.0.4-150000.4.9.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:4445-1 |
| SLES 15 SP6 | rubygem-rails-html-sanitizer | 1.0.4-150000.4.9.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:4445-1 |
| SLES 15 SP5 | rubygem-rails-html-sanitizer | 1.0.4-150000.4.9.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:4445-1 |
| SLES 15 SP4 | rubygem-rails-html-sanitizer | 1.0.4-150000.4.9.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:4445-1 |
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES for SAP 16.0 | hawk2 | 2.7.2+git.1788518533.7d4dadd6-160000.1.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:24250-1 |
| SLES 16.0 | hawk2 | 2.7.2+git.1788518533.7d4dadd6-160000.1.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:24195-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | hawk2 | 2.7.2+git.1792148770.648dcddb-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:12153-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | hawk2 | 2.7.2+git.1788518533.7d4dadd6-160000.1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:22068-1 |
Wolfi
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfi rolling | ruby3.2-rails-8.1 | 8.1.3-r9 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | ruby3.4-rails-8.1 | 8.1.3-r11 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | ruby4.0-rails-8.1 | 8.1.3-r10 | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RubyGems | rails-html-sanitizer | >= 1.0.3, < 1.7.1 | 1.7.1 | GHSA-cj75-f6xr-r4g7 |
Advisories 5
- SUSE-SU-2026:24250-1 Security update for hawk2 SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Oct 21, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:24195-1 Security update for hawk2 SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Oct 21, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2026:22068-1 Security update for hawk2 SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Oct 19, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2026:12153-1 hawk2-2.7.2+git.1792148770.648dcddb-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Oct 17, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:4445-1 Security update for rubygem-rails-html-sanitizer SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Oct 5, 2026
References
- https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/security/advisories/GHSA-cj75-f6xr-r4g7
- https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/pull/223
- https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/commit/74dcb8053e6da9921246ce71b06ad9fd65b19586
- https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/releases/tag/v1.7.1