🛡️ CVE-2024-21501 on Debian — node-sanitize-html

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

Versions of the package sanitize-html before 2.12.1 are vulnerable to Information Exposure when used on the backend and with the style attribute allowed, allowing enumeration of files in the system (including project dependencies). An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gather details about the file system structure and dependencies of the targeted server.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2024-21501 as tracked by Debian, for the package node-sanitize-html. The fix is available in version 2.13.0+~2.11.0-1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity none, availability none.

Weakness class

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-21501 is classified as CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information. Information that should stay internal is disclosed to someone who is not authorised to see it.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-21501 is recorded against 1 package.

  • node-sanitize-html (fixed in 2.13.0+~2.11.0-1)

Timeline and source

Published on 24 February 2024 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

CVE-2024-21501 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2024-02-24
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-08-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
node-sanitize-html — 2.13.0+~2.11.0-1

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