CVE-2022-23518: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 6.1. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

rails-html-sanitizer is responsible for sanitizing HTML fragments in Rails applications. Versions >= 1.0.3, < 1.4.4 are vulnerable to cross-site scripting via data URIs when used in combination with Loofah >= 2.1.0. This issue is patched in version 1.4.4.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 10.0 only
• Loofah Project Loofah: from 2.1.0, before 2.19.1 (fixed in 2.19.1)
• Rubyonrails Rails Html Sanitizers: from 1.0.3, before 1.4.4 (fixed in 1.4.4)

Published 2022-12-14. Last modified 2026-06-17.