CVE-2026-66843

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.29% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 21.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

2.3 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-19.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2026-08-06 14:48Z29 DAYS AGO

Last updated

2026-08-19 11:51Z16 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2026-08-06

Assigning CNA

EEF

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Low (CVSS 2.3)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-829Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control SphereBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

767ae8f24af5e3fbee6acf3410559294e46354b2c5d514c7f5d1fb7120a481e9

• github.comhttps://github.com/rrrene/html_sanitize_ex/security/advisories/GHSA-xmm9-jc22-rcgjvendor-advisoryrelated
• cna.erlef.orghttps://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-66843.htmlrelated
• osv.devhttps://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-66843related
• github.comhttps://github.com/rrrene/html_sanitize_ex/commit/bec27fec4de99e40c68c4285a610e09e791a3eafpatch
• github.comhttps://github.com/rrrene/html_sanitize_ex/commit/ce038aa1af5a960d50f8eb5d368cc57bb2b9a9f0patch