Advisory record · GHSA-v6mg-96c6-gmpq

CKEditor: Cross-site scripting (XSS) in the engine package

CVSS 3.1 LowEPSS 0.0025 · 16th percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 27 Oct 2026, 21:05 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
ckeditor5npm>=29.0.0, <47.7.4 || >=48.0.0, <48.5.147.7.4, 48.5.1
@ckeditor/ckeditor5-enginenpm>=29.0.0, <47.7.4 || >=48.0.0, <48.5.147.7.4, 48.5.1
Identifiers
GHSA-v6mg-96c6-gmpq · CVE-2026-116687
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
Published
27 Oct 2026
Updated
27 Oct 2026

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

The ckeditor5 and @ckeditor/ckeditor5-engine npm packages, versions from 29.0.0 up to but not including 47.7.4, and from 48.0.0 up to but not including 48.5.1, contain a cross-site scripting flaw in the CKEditor 5 engine. It is triggered by inserting specially crafted markup, and only when General HTML Support is enabled and configured to allow the affected HTML content; the source says JavaScript could then run in a browser context isolated from the embedding application's origin. Upgrade to version 47.7.4 (LTS) or 48.5.1 or later.

Written 31 Oct 2026.

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
3.1 Low 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N CNA (GitHub_M)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0025, the 16th percentile, on 7 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 27 Oct 2026, 19:33 UTC Confirmed by the CVE List
  2. 27 Oct 2026, 20:17 UTC Confirmed by NVD
  3. 31 Oct 2026, 13:33 UTC First seen by agentprime
  4. 31 Oct 2026, 13:33 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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