CVE-2026-39315

Unhead has a hasDangerousProtocol() bypass via leading-zero padded HTML entities in useHeadSafe()

Published Apr 9, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.1 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Unhead is a document head and template manager. Prior to 2.1.13, useHeadSafe() is the composable that Nuxt's own documentation explicitly recommends for rendering user-supplied content in <head> safely. Internally, the hasDangerousProtocol() function in packages/unhead/src/plugins/safe.ts decodes HTML entities before checking for blocked URI schemes (javascript:, data:, vbscript:). The decoder uses two regular expressions with fixed-width digit caps. The HTML5 specification imposes no limit on leading zeros in numeric character references. When a padded entity exceeds the regex digit cap, the decoder silently skips it. The undecoded string is then passed to startsWith('javascript:'), which does not match. makeTagSafe() writes the raw value directly into SSR HTML output. The browser's HTML parser decodes the padded entity natively and constructs the blocked URI. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.1.13.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-95h2-gj7x-gx9w Unhead has a hasDangerousProtocol() bypass via leading-zero padded HTML entities in useHeadSafe()
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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:unjs:unhead:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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First Time appeared Unjs
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Vendors & Products Unjs
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Description Unhead is a document head and template manager. Prior to 2.1.13, useHeadSafe() is the composable that Nuxt's own documentation explicitly recommends for rendering user-supplied content in <head> safely. Internally, the hasDangerousProtocol() function in packages/unhead/src/plugins/safe.ts decodes HTML entities before checking for blocked URI schemes (javascript:, data:, vbscript:). The decoder uses two regular expressions with fixed-width digit caps. The HTML5 specification imposes no limit on leading zeros in numeric character references. When a padded entity exceeds the regex digit cap, the decoder silently skips it. The undecoded string is then passed to startsWith('javascript:'), which does not match. makeTagSafe() writes the raw value directly into SSR HTML output. The browser's HTML parser decodes the padded entity natively and constructs the blocked URI. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.1.13.
Title Unhead has a hasDangerousProtocol() bypass via leading-zero padded HTML entities in useHeadSafe()
Weaknesses CWE-184
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Apr 13, 2026, 3:38 PM
Reserved
Apr 6, 2026, 7:31 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Apr 9, 2026, 6:17 PM
Modified
Oct 26, 2026, 9:10 PM