CVE-2026-66370

MEDIUMNVD 6.16.1
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.1 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-08-06. NVD baseline CVSS 6.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
6.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.1Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') vulnerability in the HTML5 scrubber in rrrene html_sanitize_ex allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to retarget a form already on the rendering page and receive whatever the victim submits, including credentials, via the form and formaction attributes on an element in sanitized HTML. HTML's form attribute associates an input with any form on the page by its id even when the input sits outside that form, and formaction on a submit control overrides the owning form's action. Neither attribute receives a scheme check, so an absolute cross-origin URL survives sanitizing.

No script executes. The scrubber allows neither form nor button, so the attacker cannot introduce a form of their own and the rendering page must already contain a form carrying an id.

This issue affects html_sanitize_ex: from 0.3.1 before 1.4.5 and from 1.5.0-rc.0 before 1.5.3.

CVSS v3
6.1
EG Score
6.1(high)
EG Risk
28(Track)
EG Risk 28/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity61% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
14%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 6, 2026

Last Modified

August 19, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Aug 6, 2026
Upstream fix merged — awaiting tagged release. Sources: github_commit.
generic

OSV - Open Source Vulnerabilities

https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-66370
github_commit

commit a1e804ed997e (rrrene/html_sanitize_ex)

Fix landed in rrrene/html_sanitize_ex commit a1e804ed997e — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/rrrene/html_sanitize_ex/commit/a1e804ed997e780ea71d14393cf2f701330553a6

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-66370(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Hex(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
html_sanitize_ex0.3.1 ... 1.5.2 (21 versions)1.5.3

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 21× in last 7d / 42× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-20 14:19 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-20 14:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-19 12:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-19 12:00 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-19 12:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-18 20:20 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-08-18 20:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-17 19:25 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-17 19:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-16 18:20 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-16 18:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-15 17:28 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-15 17:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-08-14 16:35 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-14 16:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-08-13 15:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-12 14:49 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-08-12 14:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-11 13:56 UTCEG score recompute 1.30
  3. 2026-08-11 13:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-11 13:56 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 6.1
  5. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-10 16:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-09 15:36 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-09 15:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-09 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-08 14:44 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-08 14:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-07 13:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-06 22:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-06 16:32 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-06 15:31 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-06 15:31 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-66370?
CVE-2026-66370 is a medium vulnerability published on August 6, 2026. URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') vulnerability in the HTML5 scrubber in rrrene htmlsanitizeex allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to retarget a form already on the rendering page and receive whatever the victim submits, including credentials, via the form and formaction…
When was CVE-2026-66370 disclosed?
CVE-2026-66370 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 6, 2026, with the most recent update on August 19, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-66370 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-66370 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 86.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-66370?
CVE-2026-66370 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-66370?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-66370, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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