CVE-2026-107381
MediumCVSS 6.5Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk35th percentile - higher than 35% of all known CVEs
Summary
svg-sanitizer is a PHP SVG/XML sanitizer. Prior to 1.0.0, Resolver::processReferences() in src/ElementReference/Resolver.php builds the SVG <use> reference graph with a case-sensitive href attribute predicate before cleanHrefAttributes() normalizes mixed-case names. An attacker can provide xlink:HrEf on nested <use> elements so the graph omits those references, after which the sanitizer converts the attribute to canonical xlink:href and returns the live nesting structure without applying the useNestingLimit protection. A consuming application that renders the sanitized SVG can therefore be exposed to the resource exhaustion that control is designed to prevent. This issue is fixed in version 1.0.0.
Risk Assessment
An attacker can remotely supply a crafted SVG that, after sanitization and rendering by the application, causes resource exhaustion leading to denial of service (DoS). This can disrupt applications processing untrusted SVG files.
Recommendation
Update svg-sanitizer to version 1.0.0 or later. If updating is not possible, restrict rendering of untrusted SVG files or apply additional resource limits.
Other vulnerabilities in svg-sanitizer
See all- CVE-2026-117541Medium
svg-sanitizer from 0.11.0 before 1.1.0 contains an uncaught exception vulnerability that allows attackers to crash callers by submitting well-formed XML without a top-level svg root. Attackers can supply documents with a non-svg root or nested svg element, causing Sanitizer::sanitize() to throw a LogicException instead of returning false, crashing workers or bypassing upload rejection.
- CVE-2026-117540High
svg-sanitizer from 0.5.3 before 1.1.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability in Sanitizer::sanitize() that repeatedly rescans the whole input while stripping PHP tags. Unauthenticated attackers can upload SVGs with many overlapping PHP tag openers and closers, forcing quadratic preg_replace passes that exhaust worker CPU for minutes.
- CVE-2026-117539Low
darylldoyle svg-sanitizer before 1.0.0 contains CSS injection and remote reference bypass vulnerabilities that allow attackers to embed external resources by uploading crafted SVG files. Attackers can use unsanitized style content, unquoted url() values, or image href attributes to exfiltrate page data, track users, or disclose visitor IP addresses.
Original NVD description (English source)
svg-sanitizer is a PHP SVG/XML sanitizer. Prior to 1.0.0, Resolver::processReferences() in src/ElementReference/Resolver.php builds the SVG <use> reference graph with a case-sensitive href attribute predicate before cleanHrefAttributes() normalizes mixed-case names. An attacker can provide xlink:HrEf on nested <use> elements so the graph omits those references, after which the sanitizer converts the attribute to canonical xlink:href and returns the live nesting structure without applying the useNestingLimit protection. A consuming application that renders the sanitized SVG can therefore be exposed to the resource exhaustion that control is designed to prevent. This issue is fixed in version 1.0.0.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS