# CVE-2026-7808: justhtml before 1.16.0 Multiple Security Issues via Sanitization

- Also known as: GHSA-4P64-V8F5-R2GX
- Severity: CVSS 9.3 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.16.0
- Published: 2026-08-23 · Updated: 2026-08-24

## Affected

- EmilStenstrom justhtml: fixed in 1.16.0
- justhtml (PyPI): fixed in 1.16.0

## Description

justhtml before 1.16.0 contains multiple HTML sanitization bypass issues that can allow active/dangerous content (e.g., script or style) to survive sanitization, potentially leading to cross-site scripting. The issues primarily affect advanced usage rather than the default JustHTML(..., sanitize=True) path for ordinary parsed HTML: mutating or reusing sanitization policy objects (including exported defaults) could weaken later sanitization; programmatic DOM input to sanitize()/sanitize_dom() could miss mixed-case tag names (e.g., ScRiPt, StYlE); crafted programmatic doctype names could serialize into active markup; and custom policies preserving SVG or MathML could allow animation elements, presentation attributes with external url(...) references, or DOM trees mislabeled as namespace="html" to bypass foreign-content checks. Fixed in 1.16.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on EmilStenstrom justhtml, justhtml, upgrade to a fixed version (1.16.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/EmilStenstrom/justhtml/security/advisories/GHSA-4p64-v8f5-r2gx
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/justhtml-before-multiple-security-issues-via-sanitization

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