# CVE-2026-118660: Happy DOM: SSRF via iframe and link stylesheet when parsing untrusted HTML

- Also known as: GHSA-C8P4-J97H-3VG8, EUVD-2026-112467
- Severity: CVSS 8.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 21.0.0
- Published: 2026-10-28 · Updated: 2026-10-29

## Summary

Happy DOM, a JavaScript library that simulates a web browser on the server, is affected before version 21.0.0 when it parses untrusted HTML. By default it fetches iframe and stylesheet URLs, which lets an attacker make the server send requests to internal or cloud endpoints and potentially expose sensitive responses or credentials.

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## Affected

- capricorn86 happy-dom: fixed in 21.0.0
- happy-dom (npm): fixed in 21.0.0

## Description

Happy DOM is a JavaScript implementation of a web browser without its graphical user interface. Prior to 21.0.0, Happy DOM loads iframe src URLs and link rel="stylesheet" href URLs by default while parsing untrusted HTML on the server because disableIframePageLoading and disableCSSFileLoading default to false. An attacker who controls parsed HTML can therefore cause server-side requests to arbitrary internal or cloud endpoints without an application opt-in and may expose confidential responses or credentials returned by those endpoints. This issue is fixed in version 21.0.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on capricorn86 happy-dom, happy-dom, upgrade to a fixed version (21.0.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/capricorn86/happy-dom/security/advisories/GHSA-c8p4-j97h-3vg8
- https://github.com/capricorn86/happy-dom/pull/2502
- https://github.com/capricorn86/happy-dom/commit/0a99c7525a1d0043e3182843ae33466ab7b19e74
- https://github.com/capricorn86/happy-dom/releases/tag/v21.0.0

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