# CVE-2026-69153: PostCSS: incomplete fix of CVE-2026-45623 — attacker-controlled sourceMappingURL reads arbitrary .map files when \`from\` is unset

- Also known as: GHSA-FXQJ-RQCC-2CMP
- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.5.19, 8.5.23
- Published: 2026-08-03 · Updated: 2026-08-03

## Affected

- postcss: fixed in 8.5.19
- postcss (npm): fixed in 8.5.23

## Description

PostCSS takes a CSS file and provides an API to analyze and modify its rules by transforming the rules into an Abstract Syntax Tree. Prior to 8.5.19, if from is unset, an attacker can cause PreviousMap.loadFile() to read an unintended source-map file by supplying an absolute or directory-traversal sourceMappingURL. The resulting map’s sources and sourcesContent may then be exposed to the application. This issue is fixed in version 8.5.19.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on postcss, upgrade to a fixed version (8.5.19, 8.5.23) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/postcss/postcss/security/advisories/GHSA-fxqj-rqcc-2cmp
- https://github.com/postcss/postcss/commit/7beca139e70f9075c6b19700fcb00dd8033e5da8
- https://github.com/postcss/postcss/releases/tag/8.5.19

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