Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting python313-mistune package, versions <3.1.3-160000.3.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.23% (14th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES1600-PYTHON313MISTUNE-17123499
  • published2 Jun 2026
  • disclosed28 May 2026

Introduced: 28 May 2026

CVE-2026-44898  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:16.0.0 python313-mistune to version 3.1.3-160000.3.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python313-mistune package and not the python313-mistune package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:16.0.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

Mistune is a Python Markdown parser with renderers and plugins. Prior to 3.2.1, render_toc_ul() builds a <ul> table-of-contents tree from a list of (level, id, text) tuples. Both the id value (used as href="#<id>") and the text value (used as the visible link label) are inserted into <a> tags via a plain Python format string — with no HTML escaping applied to either value. When heading IDs are derived from user-supplied heading text (the standard use-case for readable slug anchors), an attacker can craft a heading whose text breaks out of the href="#..." attribute context, injecting arbitrary HTML tags including <script> blocks directly into the rendered TOC. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.2.1.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1