CVE-2026-104250
unstructured: Stored XSS via unescaped HTML generation
Description
The unstructured library provides open-source components for ingesting and pre-processing images and text documents, such as PDFs, HTML, Word docs, and many more. Prior to 0.24.1, partition_html(html_parser_version="v2") and the VLM partitioner can preserve untrusted document tags, attributes, text, and link targets in metadata.text_as_html, while elements_to_html() emits the result as an HTML document. The to_html() path in unstructured/documents/ontology.py does not escape output or reject unsafe URL schemes, allowing event-handler attributes, attribute breakout markup, and javascript: links to survive parsing. When the generated HTML or text_as_html is rendered in a browser, attacker-controlled script can execute in the viewer's origin, including in document-ingestion workflows where a privileged reviewer opens submitted content. This issue is fixed in version 0.24.1.
INFO
Published Date :
Oct. 13, 2026, 5:17 p.m.
Last Modified :
Oct. 14, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS | 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 | |||||
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM | MITRE-CVE | ||||
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM | [email protected] |
Solution
- Update unstructured to version 0.24.1 or later.
- Sanitize all HTML content before rendering.
- Validate URL schemes in links.
- Avoid rendering untrusted HTML directly.
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CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Oct. 14, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://github.com/Unstructured-IO/unstructured/security/advisories/GHSA-v5mq-3xhg-98m9 Added SSVC {'id': 'CVE-2026-104250', 'role': 'CISA Coordinator', 'options': [{'exploitation': 'poc'}, {'automatable': 'no'}, {'technicalImpact': 'partial'}], 'version': '2.0.3', 'timestamp': '2026-10-14T15:32:11.460266Z'} -
New CVE Received by [email protected]
Oct. 13, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description The unstructured library provides open-source components for ingesting and pre-processing images and text documents, such as PDFs, HTML, Word docs, and many more. Prior to 0.24.1, partition_html(html_parser_version="v2") and the VLM partitioner can preserve untrusted document tags, attributes, text, and link targets in metadata.text_as_html, while elements_to_html() emits the result as an HTML document. The to_html() path in unstructured/documents/ontology.py does not escape output or reject unsafe URL schemes, allowing event-handler attributes, attribute breakout markup, and javascript: links to survive parsing. When the generated HTML or text_as_html is rendered in a browser, attacker-controlled script can execute in the viewer's origin, including in document-ingestion workflows where a privileged reviewer opens submitted content. This issue is fixed in version 0.24.1. Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Added CWE CWE-79 Added CWE CWE-116 Added Affected New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/104xxx/CVE-2026-104250.json">CVE-2026-104250</a> Added Reference https://github.com/Unstructured-IO/unstructured/commit/cda16b3f2170019be9c6ea5635946fb3eaa2d66f Added Reference https://github.com/Unstructured-IO/unstructured/pull/4394 Added Reference https://github.com/Unstructured-IO/unstructured/releases/tag/0.24.1 Added Reference https://github.com/Unstructured-IO/unstructured/security/advisories/GHSA-v5mq-3xhg-98m9