🛡️ CVE-2026-44990 on npm (Root.io) — sanitize-html

🔴 CVSS 9.5 — Critical ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
9.5
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

CVE-2026-44990 in @rootio/sanitize-html - Patched by Root Root has patched CVE-2026-44990 in the @rootio/sanitize-html package for Root:npm. Multiple fixed versions available.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2026-44990 as tracked by npm (Root.io), for the package sanitize-html. The fix is available in version 2.17.2-root.io.2; 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. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability none.

Affected software and timeline

Affected software: @rootio/sanitize-html (fixed in 2.17.2-root.io.2) and sanitize-html (fixed in 2.17.2-aikido.2). Published on 4 June 2026 and last revised on 5 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

CVE-2026-44990 on other distributions

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Details

Severity CRITICAL
CVSS Score 9.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-06-04
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-06-05
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
@rootio/sanitize-html — 2.17.2-root.io.2
sanitize-html — 2.17.2-aikido.2

References

N/A

Exploit Protection

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