Medium severity · published Oct 20, 2026
CVE-2026-113654
ApostropheCMS sanitize-html: nonTextTags discard region ends early on an implied close, letting <noscript> content render
5.3
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
ApostropheCMS is an open-source Node.js content management system, and sanitize-html provides a simple HTML sanitizer with a clear API. Prior to sanitize-html 2.18.0, a non-default nonTextTags configuration that includes noscript can end its discard region early when htmlparser2 emits an implied ancestor close inside noscript. Because scripting-enabled browsers treat noscript content as raw text while the parser does not model that mode, content intended to remain inert can survive sanitization and render; the issue does not generalize to every default nonTextTags element. This issue is fixed in sanitize-html 2.18.0.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 28% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AP
apostrophe · apostrophecms
< 4.33.0 · source: vendor
SA
sanitize-html · apostrophecms
< 2.18.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-113654
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-113654
github.com
https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/commit/9500b8b0e1d630d5e07fbb5fd2c25ed0943845ce
github.com
https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/commit/f84fd41cbf6c22eb8d0008fc9c25df1f7130b350
github.com
https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/releases/tag/sanitize-html@2.18.0
github.com
https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/security/advisories/GHSA-x3q4-9hxx-gx8m
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