{"id":"CVE-2026-117541","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-117541","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:01:08.331Z","title":"svg-sanitizer from 0.11.0 before 1.1.0 contains an uncaught exception vulnerability that allows attackers to crash callers by submitting well-formed XML without a top-level svg root.","description":"svg-sanitizer from 0.11.0 before 1.1.0 contains an uncaught exception vulnerability that allows attackers to crash callers by submitting well-formed XML without a top-level svg root. Attackers can supply documents with a non-svg root or nested svg element, causing Sanitizer::sanitize() to throw a LogicException instead of returning false, crashing workers or bypassing upload rejection.","published":"2026-10-27T11:17:35.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-27T14:16:36.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":6.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-248"],"affected":[],"epss":null,"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and no EPSS score yet. Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-27T11:17:35.000Z","detail":{"score":"6.9","severity":"MEDIUM","publishedAt":"2026-10-27T11:17:35.000Z"},"summary":"New CVE, medium severity (CVSS 6.9)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/darylldoyle/svg-sanitizer/commit/9ba9001493f5da737759303f13bd965ebdaa778c","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/darylldoyle/svg-sanitizer/security/advisories/GHSA-cgcm-4g72-hfgw","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/svg-sanitizer-0.11.0-before-1.1.0-uncaught-logicexception-dos-via-sanitize","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-117541","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}