CVE-2026-17496 PUBLISHED

NoteGen chat preview XSS via unsanitized AI/skill HTML rendering

Assigner: JFROG
Reserved: 26.07.2026 Published: 26.07.2026 Updated: 26.07.2026

NoteGen before 0.32.0 renders AI chat responses with markdown-it configured with html:true and injects the result into the DOM via dangerouslySetInnerHTML in chat-preview, without HTML sanitization and with CSP set to null. Attacker-controlled content that reaches the model prompt (for example a malicious skill REFERENCE.md that instructs the model to emit HTML) can cause the model response to include executable markup such as an img onerror handler. When the user views the chat response, that markup runs as JavaScript in the privileged Tauri webview, enabling arbitrary script execution in the application context (cross-site scripting).

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 8.1

Product Status

Vendor codexu
Product NoteGen
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 0.32.0 (excl.)

Affected Configurations

Affects the NoteGen desktop application on a default installation. Exploitation requires user interaction to install or otherwise load attacker-influenced skill/content and to view a chat response that includes the malicious HTML. No non-default configuration is required; CSP is null in affected builds.

Solutions

Upgrade to NoteGen 0.32.0 or later. The fix replaces unsanitized markdown-it HTML injection in chat preview with Streamdown-based rendering that hardens/sanitizes untrusted HTML in model output.

Credits

  • Yuval Moravchick finder
  • JFrog Security Research coordinator

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') CWE

Impacts

  • CAPEC-63 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)