CVE-2026-73648

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

0.54% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 45.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/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

Awaiting Analysis. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-24.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

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

2026-08-13 18:00Z2 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-13 18:35Z2 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-08-13

Assigning CNA

GitHub_M

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.1)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base

Data version

5.2

Document digest

fc153eafcce2316abdb14fe5a79a7c49e96397429866cbafa858ece4a68a450a

• github.comhttps://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/security/advisories/GHSA-cj75-f6xr-r4g7x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/pull/223x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/commit/74dcb8053e6da9921246ce71b06ad9fd65b19586x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/releases/tag/v1.7.1x_refsource_MISC