What is CVE-2026-117541?

CVE-2026-117541 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Darylldoyle Svg-Sanitizer, classified under CWE-248. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-10-27.

How severe is CVE-2026-117541?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Darylldoyle Svg-Sanitizer

CVE-2026-117541

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.

Published 2026-10-27 · last modified 2026-10-27.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Darylldoyle Svg-Sanitizer

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-248

References

github.com/darylldoyle/svg-sanitizer/commit/9ba9001493f5da737759303f13bd965ebda… (patch)
github.com/darylldoyle/svg-sanitizer/security/advisories/GHSA-cgcm-4g72-hfgw (vendor-advisory)
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/svg-sanitizer-0.11.0-before-1.1.0-uncaught-logicex… (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-117541?: CVE-2026-117541 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Darylldoyle Svg-Sanitizer, classified under CWE-248. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-10-27.
How severe is CVE-2026-117541?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.