In hackage-server, user-controlled metadata from .cabal files are rendered into HTML href attributes without proper sanitization, enabling stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks.
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Description In hackage-server, user-controlled metadata from .cabal files are rendered into HTML href attributes without proper sanitization, enabling stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks.
Title Hackage package metadata stored XSS vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat-cnalr

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-23T16:22:06.841Z

Reserved: 2026-04-13T15:23:17.068Z

Link: CVE-2026-40472

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-23T16:16:25.753

Modified: 2026-04-23T16:16:25.753

Link: CVE-2026-40472

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