GHSA-4v6x-c7xx-hw9f

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CommonMark has DisallowedRawHtml extension bypass via whitespace in HTML tag names

view advisory published 2026-03-06Licence: CC-BY-4.0

### Impact The `DisallowedRawHtml` extension can be bypassed by inserting a newline, tab, or other ASCII whitespace character between a disallowed HTML tag name and the closing `>`. For example, `<script\n>` would pass through unfiltered and be rendered as a valid HTML tag by browsers. This is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vector for any application that relies on this extension to sanitize untrusted user input. All applications using the `DisallowedRawHtml` extension to process untrusted markdown are affected. Applications that use a dedicated HTML sanitizer (such as HTML Purifier) on the rendered output are not affected. ### Patches Fixed in 2.8.1. The regex character class `[ \/>]` was changed to `[\s\/>]` to match all whitespace characters that browsers accept as valid tag name terminators. ### Workarounds - Set the `html_input` configuration option to `'escape'` or `'strip'` to disable all raw HTML, though this is a broader restriction than the `DisallowedRawHtml` extension provides. - Pass the rendered HTML through a dedicated HTML sanitizer before serving it to users ([always recommended](https://commonmark.thephpleague.com/2.x/security/#additional-filtering))

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CVE-2026-30838USmedium6.1—
league/commonmark is a PHP Markdown parser. Prior to version 2.8.1, the DisallowedRawHtml extension can be bypassed by inserting a newline, tab, or other ASCII whitespace character…
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