CVE-2026-126208

Loofah: SVG `<textPath>` and `<mpath>` bypass local-reference restriction

Published Nov 12, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 4.7 Medium EPSS n/a KEV · Not listed
Description
Loofah is a general library for manipulating and transforming HTML/XML documents and fragments, built on top of Nokogiri. Prior to 2.25.3, Loofah's SVG_ALLOW_LOCAL_HREF safelist lists textPath with lowercase spelling that does not match the HTML5 parser's element name and omits mpath, so external href and xlink:href values on those elements survive sanitization. Firefox fetches the attacker-chosen URL when a viewer renders the content, which can disclose the viewer's IP address, user agent, referrer, and access to hosts routable only from the viewer's network. Chrome and WebKit do not fetch these references, and the impact is a network request rather than script execution. The rails-html-sanitizer PermitScrubber reuses the affected safelist when SVG elements are permitted. This issue is fixed in version 2.25.3.

Remediation

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-345x-3rq2-jfrm Loofah: SVG `<textPath>` and `<mpath>` bypass local-reference restriction
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Description Loofah is a general library for manipulating and transforming HTML/XML documents and fragments, built on top of Nokogiri. Prior to 2.25.3, Loofah's SVG_ALLOW_LOCAL_HREF safelist lists textPath with lowercase spelling that does not match the HTML5 parser's element name and omits mpath, so external href and xlink:href values on those elements survive sanitization. Firefox fetches the attacker-chosen URL when a viewer renders the content, which can disclose the viewer's IP address, user agent, referrer, and access to hosts routable only from the viewer's network. Chrome and WebKit do not fetch these references, and the impact is a network request rather than script execution. The rails-html-sanitizer PermitScrubber reuses the affected safelist when SVG elements are permitted. This issue is fixed in version 2.25.3.
Title Loofah: SVG `<textPath>` and `<mpath>` bypass local-reference restriction
Weaknesses CWE-178
CWE-184
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N'}

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Nov 13, 2026, 12:32 AM
Reserved
Nov 10, 2026, 8:07 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Nov 12, 2026, 9:17 PM
Modified
Nov 13, 2026, 2:18 AM