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brew-restview-cve-2020-6802
Vulnerability from osv_homebrew
Published
2026-08-13 17:32
Modified
2026-09-10 01:05
Summary
XSS in Bleach when noscript and raw tag whitelisted
Details

Impact

A mutation XSS affects users calling bleach.clean with noscript and a raw tag (see below) in the allowed/whitelisted tags option.

Patches

v3.1.1

Workarounds

  • modify bleach.clean calls to not whitelist noscript and one or more of the following raw tags:
title
textarea
script
style
noembed
noframes
iframe
xmp

References

  • https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1615315
  • https://cure53.de/fp170.pdf
  • https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6802
  • https://www.checkmarx.com/blog/vulnerabilities-discovered-in-mozilla-bleach

Credits

  • Reported by Yaniv Nizry from the CxSCA AppSec group at Checkmarx

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:

Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "fix": "bump",
        "range_state": "fixed",
        "resource": "bleach",
        "resource_purl": "pkg:pypi/bleach@6.4.0",
        "upstream_fixed_in": "3.1.1"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Homebrew",
        "name": "restview",
        "purl": "pkg:brew/restview"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.0.2_2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "confidence": "high",
    "source": "matched",
    "strategy": "registry",
    "upstream_evidence": [
      {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "key": "pkg:pypi/bleach@6.4.0",
        "name": "bleach",
        "resource": "bleach",
        "strategy": "registry",
        "subject_version": "6.4.0"
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "### Impact\n\nA [mutation XSS](https://cure53.de/fp170.pdf) affects users calling `bleach.clean` with `noscript` and a raw tag (see below) in the allowed/whitelisted tags option.\n\n### Patches\n\nv3.1.1\n\n### Workarounds\n\n* modify `bleach.clean` calls to not whitelist `noscript` and one or more of the following raw tags:\n\n```\ntitle\ntextarea\nscript\nstyle\nnoembed\nnoframes\niframe\nxmp\n```\n\n* A strong [Content-Security-Policy](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CSP) without `unsafe-inline` and `unsafe-eval` [`script-src`s](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/script-src)) will also help mitigate the risk.\n\n### References\n\n* https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1615315\n* https://cure53.de/fp170.pdf\n* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6802\n* https://www.checkmarx.com/blog/vulnerabilities-discovered-in-mozilla-bleach\n\n### Credits\n\n* Reported by [Yaniv Nizry](https://twitter.com/ynizry) from the CxSCA AppSec group at Checkmarx\n\n### For more information\n\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n\n* Open an issue at [https://github.com/mozilla/bleach/issues](https://github.com/mozilla/bleach/issues)\n* Email us at [security@mozilla.org](mailto:security@mozilla.org)\n",
  "id": "BREW-restview-CVE-2020-6802",
  "modified": "2026-09-10T01:05:59Z",
  "published": "2026-08-13T17:32:31Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/mozilla/bleach/security/advisories/GHSA-q65m-pv3f-wr5r"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6802"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/mozilla/bleach/commit/f77e0f6392177a06e46a49abd61a4d9f035e57fd"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://advisory.checkmarx.net/advisory/CX-2020-4276"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1615315"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://cure53.de/fp170.pdf"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/mozilla/bleach"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/bleach/PYSEC-2020-27.yaml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/72R4VFFHDRSQMNT7IZU3X2755ZP4HGNI"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OCNLM2MGQTOLCIVVYS2Z5S7KOQJR5JC4"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YTULPQB7HVPPYWEYVNHJGDTSPVIDHIZX"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.checkmarx.com/blog/vulnerabilities-discovered-in-mozilla-bleach"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.3",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "XSS in Bleach when noscript and raw tag whitelisted",
  "upstream": [
    "GHSA-q65m-pv3f-wr5r",
    "CVE-2020-6802",
    "PYSEC-2020-27"
  ]
}



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