Critical severity9.8OSV Advisory· Published Aug 23, 2026· Updated Aug 26, 2026
CVE-2026-8445
CVE-2026-8445
Description
justhtml versions <= 1.11.0 (fixed in 1.12.0) do not sufficiently escape HTML-significant characters (angle brackets) in text nodes when converting a parsed document to Markdown via to_markdown(). While a small set of Markdown metacharacters are escaped, characters such as < and > are preserved, so untrusted input that is safe in to_html() — including entity-decoded text (e.g. <script>) or text from RCDATA/RAWTEXT-parsed elements like , , , and — can be emitted as raw HTML in the Markdown output, enabling a sanitizer bypass and potential cross-site scripting when that output is rendered.
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Affected products
2v1.11.0, v1.10.0, v1.9.1, …+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: v1.11.0, v1.10.0, v1.9.1, …
- (no CPE)range: <=1.11.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2News mentions
1- WWBN AVideo: 16 Vulnerabilities Disclosed, Including Critical Auth and Password Reset FlawsVypr Intelligence · Sep 1, 2026