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SCA: security update for sanitize-html (GHSA-rpr9-rxv7-x643)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 442268

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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.
 (CVE-2026-44990)

Solution

Update the sanitize-html library and its related packages to version 2.17.4 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rpr9-rxv7-x643

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 442268

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/21/2026

Updated: 6/30/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.8

Percentile: 57.61

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-44990

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-44990

cwe: CWE-79