# CVE-2026-59926: Mistune: XSS via unescaped class option in Admonition directive

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-2214, GHSA-G97X-GVCM-X72H
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.2.1, 3.3.0
- Published: 2026-07-08 · Updated: 2026-07-08

## Affected

- lepture mistune: fixed in 3.2.1
- mistune (PyPI): fixed in 3.3.0

## Description

Mistune is a Python Markdown parser with renderers and plugins. Prior to 3.2.1, render_admonition() in src/mistune/directives/admonition.py concatenates the Admonition directive :class: option into the HTML class attribute without escaping, allowing attribute injection and cross-site scripting even when HTMLRenderer escape mode is enabled. This issue is fixed in version 3.2.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on lepture mistune, mistune, upgrade to a fixed version (3.2.1, 3.3.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/lepture/mistune/security/advisories/GHSA-g97x-gvcm-x72h
- https://github.com/lepture/mistune/commit/a3cb6e5655308797e8be021d6c7b5bab13cbace2
- https://github.com/lepture/mistune/releases/tag/v3.2.1

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