CVE-2026-128069
rails-html-sanitizer: Possible XSS via shared scrubber state in concurrent calls
rails-html-sanitizer is responsible for sanitizing HTML fragments in Rails applications. Before 1.7.2, the HTML4 and HTML5 variants of Rails::HTML::SafeListSanitizer reuse one Rails::HTML::PermitScrubber across calls and mutate its tags and attributes without synchronization. In a multithreaded process, concurrent sanitize calls using different tags: or attributes: options can interleave and cause one call to use the other call's allowlist. If a permissive call admits a script element or event-handler attribute, output expected to be sanitized under a stricter policy can retain it and cause cross-site scripting when rendered. Applications that are single-threaded, use one identical allowlist everywhere, or provide a separate scrubber: are not affected. This issue is fixed in version 1.7.2.
| CWE | CWE-79 CWE-362 |
| Vendor | rails |
| Product | rails-html-sanitizer |
| Published | Nov 13, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N