# Loofah: SVG \`href\` attribute bypasses local-reference restriction

Advisory record · `GHSA-9wjq-cp2p-hrgf`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-9wjq-cp2p-hrgf` · `CVE-2026-73490`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 4.7 Medium
- **Critical:** No
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-79](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html)
- **Tags:** [Cross-site scripting (XSS)](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/xss.md)
- **Published:** 21 Jul 2026
- **Updated:** 10 Sept 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 21 Jul 2026, 22:01 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Affected packages

- `loofah` (RubyGems): affected `<2.25.2`; fixed in `2.25.2`

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

## Severity and exploitation

- 4.7 Medium, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`, from CNA (GitHub_M)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0030, the 22nd percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

- 31 Oct 2026, 15:16 UTC: First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 15:16 UTC: [Confirmed by OSV](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-9wjq-cp2p-hrgf)

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-9wjq-cp2p-hrgf](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9wjq-cp2p-hrgf)
- [OSV: GHSA-9wjq-cp2p-hrgf](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-9wjq-cp2p-hrgf)
- <https://github.com/flavorjones/loofah/security/advisories/GHSA-9wjq-cp2p-hrgf>
- <https://github.com/flavorjones/loofah/commit/20867b9be689521887364b74822c41ef830523c9>
- <https://github.com/flavorjones/loofah>
- <https://github.com/flavorjones/loofah/releases/tag/v2.25.2>

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.

## Check whether this affects you

A Match means an installed version is in the affected range above. Most don’t affect the app; agentprime hasn’t analysed this one yet.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), ask your agent to check the project: `check_lockfile` sends a lockfile, `check_packages` a list of installed packages, and both return the Matches and the upgrades that clear them. `get_advisory` returns this record. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- In a browser: <https://agentprime.io/check/> reads your lockfile in the browser, never uploading it.
- Whether it touches your code, with file and line: the Claude Code plugin, <https://agentprime.io/plugin.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/GHSA-9wjq-cp2p-hrgf>, or `POST https://api.agentprime.io/v1/match` with your packages (<https://agentprime.io/api.md>)

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