# CVE-2026-59929: Mistune renderers/html.safe\_url: HARMFUL\_PROTOCOLS list misses legacy and chained schemes that historically chain to \`javascript:\` execution

- Also known as: GHSA-QFRW-5RXM-MHH2, PYSEC-2026-2217
- Severity: CVSS 6.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.3.0
- Published: 2026-07-08 · Updated: 2026-07-09

## Affected

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

## Description

Mistune is a Python Markdown parser with renderers and plugins. Prior to 3.3.0, the safe_url filter in src/mistune/renderers/html.py blocks only javascript:, vbscript:, file:, and data: schemes, allowing legacy or chained schemes such as feed:, view-source:, jar:, livescript:, mocha:, ms-its:, mk:, and res: to reach rendered href and src attributes and potentially execute script in affected user agents. This issue is fixed in version 3.3.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on lepture mistune, mistune, upgrade to a fixed version (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-qfrw-5rxm-mhh2
- https://github.com/lepture/mistune/commit/c7101fcbb6e8790e8e39157c5ca2238fc6dd6cbc
- https://github.com/lepture/mistune/releases/tag/v3.3.0

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