Description
Loofah is a general library for manipulating and transforming HTML/XML documents and fragments, built on top of Nokogiri. Prior to 2.25.2, Loofah's HTML5 sanitizer applies its local-reference restriction only to the xlink:href attribute on SVG use and feImage elements, while browsers also accept the plain href attribute. A crafted sanitized SVG can therefore reference an arbitrary same-origin external document; use may render external SVG content containing scripts or other dangerous content, and feImage may load external images for tracking. Applications that sanitize user-supplied SVG with Loofah's default allowlist are affected. This issue is fixed in version 2.25.2.
Published: 2026-08-12
Score: 4.7 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-9wjq-cp2p-hrgf Loofah: SVG `href` attribute bypasses local-reference restriction
History

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 01:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-184
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:15:00 +0000

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Vendors & Products Flavorjones
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Wed, 12 Aug 2026 21:00:00 +0000

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Description Loofah is a general library for manipulating and transforming HTML/XML documents and fragments, built on top of Nokogiri. Prior to 2.25.2, Loofah's HTML5 sanitizer applies its local-reference restriction only to the xlink:href attribute on SVG use and feImage elements, while browsers also accept the plain href attribute. A crafted sanitized SVG can therefore reference an arbitrary same-origin external document; use may render external SVG content containing scripts or other dangerous content, and feImage may load external images for tracking. Applications that sanitize user-supplied SVG with Loofah's default allowlist are affected. This issue is fixed in version 2.25.2.
Title Loofah: SVG `href` attribute bypasses local-reference restriction
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-13T13:01:57.912Z

Reserved: 2026-08-12T19:00:33.735Z

Link: CVE-2026-73490

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-13T13:01:53.356Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-12T21:17:42.127

Modified: 2026-08-13T13:19:18.080

Link: CVE-2026-73490

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-08-12T20:58:12Z

Links: CVE-2026-73490 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-15T02:00:04Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-184

    Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs

  • CWE-79

    Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')