VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2026-49825
CVSS score8.2 HIGH
EPSS probability0.30%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-08-20
Last modified2026-10-26
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
Description
lxml is a library for processing XML and HTML in the Python language. Prior to 6.1.1, link attributes in ``lxml.html.defs.link_attrs`` were missing ``xlink:href``, which can be used for URL bypass attacks in embedded SVG/MathML/etc. content. This vulnerability was fixed in lxml 6.1.1 and lxml_html_clean 0.4.5.
Weakness classification
- security-advisories@github.com: CWE-79