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CVE-2026-68747: CSS sanitizer allowlist bypass in html_sanitize_ex via non-declaration input

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 9/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.44% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: rrrene html_sanitize_ex 0b9f9ad63a7529d4f2c3c1134c371adc3e654308, 1.4.5, 1.5.4.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to rrrene html_sanitize_ex 0b9f9ad63a7529d4f2c3c1134c371adc3e654308, 1.4.5, 1.5.4 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

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.

LowCVSS 2.3 · v4.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Aug 6, 2026
Updated
Oct 24, 2026
EPSS
0.4% · 39th percentile

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Action score

9

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
9 / 40 · 2.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.4%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

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CNA vs NVD score

NVD
—
CNA · EEF
2.3
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
rrrenehtmlsanitizeex

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • rrrene htmlsanitizeex0.3.1 and later · before 1.5.4

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (EEF). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • rrrene html_sanitize_ex

    • 0.3.1 and later · before 1.4.5affected · semver
    • 1.5.0-rc.0 and later · before 1.5.4affected · semver
    • 21f90012eb21aa36f4e3701b7547e12faf0f3c8b and lateraffected · gitfixed in 0b9f9ad63a7529d4f2c3c1134c371adc3e654308, c311a499db0b0baef06493fb3cfeb730c0f18f28

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Hexhtml_sanitize_exfrom 0.3.1 · before 1.4.51.4.5
Hexhtml_sanitize_exfrom 1.5.0-rc.0 · before 1.5.41.5.4

Same product

rrrene: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2026-68750Quadratic sibling re-flattening in the html_sanitize_ex traversal engine allows CPU-exhaustion denial of service
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2026-68749Quadratic regex backtracking in the html_sanitize_ex CSS scrubber allows CPU-exhaustion denial of service
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2026-66370html_sanitize_ex HTML5 scrubber keeps attacker-supplied form-association attributes, allowing form hijacking
    19Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-66829Aug 6, 2026 · html_sanitize_ex HTML5 scrubber keeps attacker-supplied meta refresh, allowing forced cross-origin redirection
    9Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-66843Aug 6, 2026 · html_sanitize_ex HTML5 scrubber keeps attacker-supplied `<object>` elements, allowing untrusted content embedding
    9Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
rrrene html_sanitize_ex0b9f9ad63a7529d4f2c3c1134c371adc3e654308Vendor (CNA)
rrrene html_sanitize_ex1.4.5Vendor (CNA)
rrrene html_sanitize_ex1.5.4Vendor (CNA)
rrrene html_sanitize_exc311a499db0b0baef06493fb3cfeb730c0f18f28Vendor (CNA)
Hex:html_sanitize_ex1.4.5Package registry (OSV)
Hex:html_sanitize_ex1.5.4Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
P
Scope
X

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-74 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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Change log

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References

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