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SVGO: removeScripts incompletely sanitizes executable HTML in SVG foreignObject elements

CVE-2026-84369 / GHSA-4vpr-x523-8j87

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Summary

SVGO's opt-in removeScripts plugin did not inspect executable HTML content inside SVG <foreignObject> elements. Applications that used this plugin as their only protection for untrusted SVG input could produce SVGs containing active HTML and expose users to cross-site scripting (XSS).

SVGO is an optimizer rather than a comprehensive sanitization library, but removeScripts is maintained for consumers that already rely on it to remove common script execution paths.

Details

Although the plugin removed SVG and XHTML <script> elements, it left other HTML execution paths inside <foreignObject> unchanged. These included:

  • event-handler attributes such as onload and onbeforetoggle;
  • srcdoc documents, including on <iframe> elements;
  • executable URLs in HTML attributes such as action, data, formaction, href, and src.

An attacker could place one of these payloads in an SVG. If an application optimized the untrusted SVG with removeScripts and then served the result in an active browser context, the payload could execute in the viewer's origin.

Impact

Successful exploitation could allow script execution in the context where the optimized SVG is rendered. Depending on the embedding and origin configuration, this could expose cookies or local storage, modify content, or perform actions as the victim.

The plugin is opt-in, so consumers that do not enable removeScripts are not relying on the affected behavior. Typical local optimization of trusted SVG files is not affected.

Patches

Upgrade to one of the following releases for the maintained release line in use:

Release line Patched version Plugin
v2 2.8.4 removeScriptElement
v3 3.3.5 removeScriptElement
v4 4.1.0 removeScripts

The fix preserves visual HTML inside SVG <foreignObject> elements while removing event attributes, srcdoc, and executable URL values from active HTML URL attributes.

SVGO v1 is no longer maintained. Users of v1 should upgrade to a supported release line.

Workarounds

For hostile input, use a dedicated SVG sanitization tool before passing the SVG to SVGO. As defense in depth, applications can reject or remove <foreignObject> content and avoid serving user-controlled SVGs in an active same-origin context.

Severity

  • CVSS Score: 6.1 / 10 (Medium)
  • Vector String: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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This data is provided by the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0).


SVGO: removeScripts allows executable links through namespace and control-character bypasses

CVE-2026-84370 / GHSA-w27v-7q3p-w38r

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Summary

SVGO's opt-in removeScripts plugin failed to remove some executable links. Namespace-prefixed SVG anchors and URL schemes containing ASCII tabs or newlines could bypass its checks. Applications that used this plugin as their only protection for untrusted SVG input could expose users to cross-site scripting (XSS).

SVGO is an optimizer rather than a comprehensive sanitization library, but removeScripts is maintained for consumers that already rely on it to remove common script execution paths.

Details

Two related bypasses were present:

  1. The plugin inspected unprefixed SVG <a> elements but did not recognize namespace-prefixed SVG anchors such as <svg:a> when the prefix was bound to the SVG namespace. Their executable href or namespaced *:href values remained intact.
  2. The URL check did not account for ASCII tab, line-feed, or carriage-return characters embedded in a scheme. Browsers remove these characters before parsing the scheme, so values such as java&#&#8203;9;script: could remain executable after bypassing the plugin's javascript: check.

Anchors in unrelated custom namespaces are not executable SVG anchors and remain untouched.

Impact

If an application optimized attacker-controlled SVGs with removeScripts and then served the result in an active browser context, a victim could follow a link that executes script in the SVG's origin. Depending on the embedding and origin configuration, this could expose cookies or local storage, modify content, or perform actions as the victim.

The plugin is opt-in, so consumers that do not enable it are not relying on the affected behavior. Typical local optimization of trusted SVG files is not affected.

Patches

Upgrade to one of the following releases for the maintained release line in use:

Release line Patched version Plugin
v2 2.8.4 removeScriptElement
v3 3.3.5 removeScriptElement
v4 4.1.0 removeScripts

The fix makes SVG anchor handling namespace-aware and strips ASCII tabs, line feeds, and carriage returns before checking executable URL schemes.

SVGO v1 is no longer maintained. Users of v1 should upgrade to a supported release line.

Workarounds

For hostile input, use a dedicated SVG sanitization tool before passing the SVG to SVGO. Applications can also reject links from untrusted SVG input and avoid serving user-controlled SVGs in an active same-origin context.

References

Severity

  • CVSS Score: 8.2 / 10 (High)
  • Vector String: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

References

This data is provided by the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0).


Release Notes

svg/svgo (svgo@^3.0.0)

v3.3.5

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Security
  • Backport the removeScriptElement hardening from SVGO v4 in #​2269:
    • reject executable data: URLs and legacy vbscript: URLs
    • sanitize executable HTML inside <foreignObject> elements
    • handle namespace-prefixed SVG anchors and URL schemes containing ASCII tabs or newlines

This addresses GHSA-4vpr-x523-8j87 and GHSA-w27v-7q3p-w38r for the v3 release line.

Support

SVGO v3 is not officially supported; please consider upgrading to SVGO v4. This security fix has been backported, but there is no commitment to backport more complex changes in the future.

See the migration guide from v3 to v4.


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