# CVE-2026-113654: ApostropheCMS sanitize-html: nonTextTags discard region ends early on an implied close, letting \<noscript\> content render

- Also known as: GHSA-X3Q4-9HXX-GX8M
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.33.0, 2.18.0
- Published: 2026-10-20 · Updated: 2026-10-28

## Affected

- apostrophecms apostrophe: fixed in 4.33.0
- apostrophecms sanitize-html: fixed in 2.18.0
- sanitize-html (npm): fixed in 2.18.0

## Description

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 nonTextTags configuration that includes noscript can end its discard region early when htmlparser2 emits an implied ancestor close inside noscript. Because scripting-enabled browsers treat noscript content as raw text while the parser does not model that mode, content intended to remain inert can survive sanitization and render; the issue does not generalize to every default nonTextTags element. This issue is fixed in sanitize-html 2.18.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on apostrophecms apostrophe, apostrophecms sanitize-html, sanitize-html, upgrade to a fixed version (4.33.0, 2.18.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/security/advisories/GHSA-x3q4-9hxx-gx8m
- https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/commit/9500b8b0e1d630d5e07fbb5fd2c25ed0943845ce
- https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/commit/f84fd41cbf6c22eb8d0008fc9c25df1f7130b350
- https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/releases/tag/sanitize-html@2.18.0

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