CVE-2026-94402

IBM vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) via unsanitized title truncation

Published Oct 20, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.1 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
IBM Carbon Charts 0.4.0 through 1.27.19 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. The MeterChart component's Title.truncateTitle() function re-inserts a substring of user-supplied label text into the DOM via an unsanitized innerHTML write when the title exceeds the available container width. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the victim's browser session.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Please update the library to the latest version available on npm:  https://www.npmjs.com/package/@carbon/charts


Vendor Workaround

If an immediate upgrade to v1.27.20 is not possible, consuming applications should sanitize all user-influenced strings before passing them as data[0].group (or any label field) to a MeterChart. A DOMPurify call with ALLOWED_TAGS: [] applied to the value before it reaches the chart data will neutralize the payload. This is a temporary workaround only — upgrading to v1.27.20 remains the recommended remediation.

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Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Description IBM Carbon Charts 0.4.0 through 1.27.19 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. The MeterChart component's Title.truncateTitle() function re-inserts a substring of user-supplied label text into the DOM via an unsanitized innerHTML write when the title exceeds the available container width. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the victim's browser session.
Title IBM vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) via unsanitized title truncation
First Time appeared Ibm
Ibm carbon Charts
Ibm carboncharts Angular
Ibm carboncharts React
Ibm carboncharts Svelte
Ibm carboncharts Vue
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:ibm:carbon_charts:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:carbon_charts:1.27.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:carboncharts_angular:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:carboncharts_angular:1.27.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:carboncharts_react:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:carboncharts_react:1.27.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:carboncharts_svelte:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:carboncharts_svelte:1.27.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:carboncharts_vue:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:carboncharts_vue:1.27.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Ibm
Ibm carbon Charts
Ibm carboncharts Angular
Ibm carboncharts React
Ibm carboncharts Svelte
Ibm carboncharts Vue
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'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
ibm
Published
Updated
Oct 26, 2026, 4:46 PM
Reserved
Sep 21, 2026, 1:43 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Oct 20, 2026, 10:21 PM
Modified
Oct 26, 2026, 5:17 PM