Detections
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CVE-2026-44990
high
Description
ApostropheCMS is an open-source Node.js content management system, and sanitize-html provides a simple HTML sanitizer with a clear API. Under the default configuration, versions of `sanitize-html` prior to 2.17.4 can turn attacker-controlled content inside a disallowed `xmp` element into live HTML or JavaScript. This is a sanitizer bypass in the default `disallowedTagsMode: 'discard'` path and can lead to stored XSS in applications that render sanitized output back to users. Version 2.17.4 patches the issue.
References
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-44990.json
https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/security/advisories/GHSA-rpr9-rxv7-x643