# CVE-2026-8630: justhtml before 1.12.0 Mutation XSS via Raw Text Elements

- Also known as: GHSA-QVC2-MG72-JJHX
- Severity: CVSS 5.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.12.0
- Published: 2026-08-23 · Updated: 2026-08-26

## Affected

- EmilStenstrom justhtml: fixed in 1.12.0
- justhtml (PyPI): fixed in 1.12.0

## Description

justhtml before 1.12.0 (versions <= 1.11.0) contains a mutation cross-site scripting (mXSS) vulnerability in the serialization of raw-text elements such as <style> and <script>. When a DOM tree is processed by sanitize_dom() using a custom policy that keeps these elements, text nodes inside them are serialized literally without escaping, allowing attacker-controlled text containing the matching closing tag sequence to break out of the raw-text context and inject arbitrary HTML into the serialized output. The default sanitization policy is not affected because it drops the contents of style and script.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on EmilStenstrom justhtml, justhtml, upgrade to a fixed version (1.12.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/EmilStenstrom/justhtml/security/advisories/GHSA-qvc2-mg72-jjhx
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/justhtml-before-mutation-xss-via-raw-text-elements

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