Medium severity · published Sep 1, 2026
CVE-2026-84369
SVGO: removeScripts incompletely sanitizes executable HTML in SVG foreignObject elements
6.1
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
SVGO, short for SVG Optimizer, is a Node.js library and command-line application for optimizing SVG files. From version 1.0.0 until versions 2.8.4, 3.3.5, and 4.1.0, the opt-in removeScripts plugin, named removeScriptElement in versions 2 and 3 and implemented in plugins/removeScripts.js, removes SVG and XHTML script elements but does not inspect executable HTML content inside SVG foreignObject elements. Event-handler attributes such as onload and onbeforetoggle, srcdoc documents, and executable URLs in the action, data, formaction, href, and src attributes can remain in attacker-controlled SVG input. When an application uses the plugin as its only protection and serves the optimized SVG in an active browser context, the payload can execute script in the viewer's origin, expose data, modify content, or perform actions as the victim. This issue is fixed in versions 2.8.4, 3.3.5, and 4.1.0.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 37% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SV
svgo · svg
>= 1.0.0, < 2.8.4; >= 3.0.0, < 3.3.5; >= 4.0.0, < 4.1.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84369
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-84369
github.com
https://github.com/svg/svgo/commit/0557385564a5c6c11d76cd934a6cff94451e532c
github.com
https://github.com/svg/svgo/commit/994a9f00d79ddec68ce19a1ce9eb8ca08d747e4f
github.com
https://github.com/svg/svgo/commit/fd51e474a300417d9361d9302d596b1763146327
github.com
https://github.com/svg/svgo/pull/2264
github.com
https://github.com/svg/svgo/pull/2269
github.com
https://github.com/svg/svgo/pull/2272
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