vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2024-21501: node-sanitize-html -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Feb 24, 2024
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

Versions of the package sanitize-html before 2.12.1 are vulnerable to Information Exposure when used on the backend and with the style attribute allowed, allowing enumeration of files in the system (including project dependencies). An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gather details about the file system structure and dependencies of the targeted server.

Solution

no-fix-debian-deb-package
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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