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SCA: security update for sanitize-html (GHSA-cv27-6wvh-8x7j)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 476365

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. Prior to sanitize-html 2.18.0, a non-default configuration that allows
 meta refresh elements and their http-equiv and content attributes can retain unsafe script or redirect
 destinations embedded in the refresh content value. This issue is fixed in sanitize-html 2.18.0.
 (CVE-2026-113661)

Solution

Update the sanitize-html library and its related packages to version 2.18.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cv27-6wvh-8x7j

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 476365

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/20/2026

Updated: 10/20/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 10.25

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-113661

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/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: 10/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/20/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-113661

cwe: CWE-79