CVE-2026-27120 PUBLISHED

Leaf-kit html escaping does not work on characters that are part of extended grapheme cluster

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 17.02.2026 Published: 20.02.2026 Updated: 20.02.2026

Leafkit is a templating language with Swift-inspired syntax. Prior to 1.4.1, htmlEscaped in leaf-kit will only escape html special characters if the extended grapheme clusters match, which allows bypassing escaping by using an extended grapheme cluster containing both the special html character and some additional characters. In the case of html attributes, this can lead to XSS if there is a leaf variable in the attribute that is user controlled. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.4.1.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 6.1

Product Status

Vendor vapor
Product leaf-kit
Versions
  • Version < 1.4.1 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-75: Failure to Sanitize Special Elements into a Different Plane (Special Element Injection) CWE
  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') CWE
  • CWE-87: Improper Neutralization of Alternate XSS Syntax CWE