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CVE-2026-44897

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.1 Published: 2026-05-26 Modified: 2026-07-24

Description

Mistune is a Python Markdown parser with renderers and plugins. Prior to 3.2.1, HTMLRenderer.heading() builds the opening tag by string-concatenating the id attribute value directly into the HTML — with no call to escape(), safe_entity(), or any other sanitisation function. A double-quote character " in the id value terminates the attribute, allowing an attacker to inject arbitrary additional attributes (event handlers, src=, href=, etc.) into the heading element. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.2.1.

Affected Platforms

Mistune Project Mistune

Weakness Type

CWE-79

References