2.3
LOW CVSS 4.0
CVE-2026-121949
Symfony: HtmlSanitizer Does Not URL-Sanitize srcset and imagesrcset: Media Scheme and Host Allow-List Bypass
Description

The Symfony HtmlSanitizer component does not apply the media URL policy to the srcset and imagesrcset attributes, allowing values that point to hosts or schemes not permitted by allowMediaSchemes() or allowMediaHosts() to bypass it, so that browsers load images from disallowed hosts in Symfony versions 6.1.x prior to 6.4.50, 7.x prior to 7.4.23, and 8.x prior to 8.1.11.The srcset attribute on img and source elements and the imagesrcset attribute on link elements are allowed by the sanitizer, but their URL candidates are never validated, so their values are kept verbatim while the same URL in src is dropped. The fixes for CVE-2026-45753 and CVE-2026-48761 extended the same attribute list but did not cover these two attributes. For example, with allowMediaSchemes(['https']) and allowMediaHosts(['trusted.example']), <img srcset="https://evil.example/a.png 1x"> survives sanitization, and the browser fetches the selected candidate as it would fetch src. Candidates with a scheme forbidden by the configuration, such as http, are kept as well. Any application that sanitizes untrusted HTML and relies on the media schemes and hosts allowlists to restrict where images can be loaded from is affected. A single crafted value is enough to make the browser of a user viewing the sanitized content send a request to an attacker-controlled host, which can be used to track viewers or log their IP addresses. No authentication is needed if the application accepts HTML from unauthenticated users.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 5, 2026, 6:17 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 5, 2026, 6:17 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

596c5446-0ce5-4ba2-aa66-48b3b757a647
Affected Products

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ID Vendor Product Action
1 Sensiolabs symfony
CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 4.0 LOW 596c5446-0ce5-4ba2-aa66-48b3b757a647
CVSS 4.0 LOW 596c5446-0ce5-4ba2-aa66-48b3b757a647
Solution
Update Symfony to patch HtmlSanitizer issues with media URL policies.
  • Update Symfony to version 6.4.50 or later.
  • Update Symfony to version 7.4.23 or later.
  • Update Symfony to version 8.1.11 or later.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/symfony/symfony/commit/50e7a38a8f088601c09669b9d267c9c0228884e1
https://github.com/symfony/symfony/security/advisories/GHSA-q8jq-xrf4-v5j8
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  • New CVE Received by 596c5446-0ce5-4ba2-aa66-48b3b757a647

    Nov. 05, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description The Symfony HtmlSanitizer component does not apply the media URL policy to the srcset and imagesrcset attributes, allowing values that point to hosts or schemes not permitted by allowMediaSchemes() or allowMediaHosts() to bypass it, so that browsers load images from disallowed hosts in Symfony versions 6.1.x prior to 6.4.50, 7.x prior to 7.4.23, and 8.x prior to 8.1.11.The srcset attribute on img and source elements and the imagesrcset attribute on link elements are allowed by the sanitizer, but their URL candidates are never validated, so their values are kept verbatim while the same URL in src is dropped. The fixes for CVE-2026-45753 and CVE-2026-48761 extended the same attribute list but did not cover these two attributes. For example, with allowMediaSchemes(['https']) and allowMediaHosts(['trusted.example']), <img srcset="https://evil.example/a.png 1x"> survives sanitization, and the browser fetches the selected candidate as it would fetch src. Candidates with a scheme forbidden by the configuration, such as http, are kept as well. Any application that sanitizes untrusted HTML and relies on the media schemes and hosts allowlists to restrict where images can be loaded from is affected. A single crafted value is enough to make the browser of a user viewing the sanitized content send a request to an attacker-controlled host, which can be used to track viewers or log their IP addresses. No authentication is needed if the application accepts HTML from unauthenticated users.
    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
    Added CWE CWE-184
    Added CWE CWE-1023
    Added Affected New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/121xxx/CVE-2026-121949.json">CVE-2026-121949</a>
    Added Reference https://github.com/symfony/symfony/commit/50e7a38a8f088601c09669b9d267c9c0228884e1
    Added Reference https://github.com/symfony/symfony/security/advisories/GHSA-q8jq-xrf4-v5j8
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