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UBUNTU-CVE-2024-21501
Vulnerability in node-sanitize-html (UBUNTU-CVE-2024-21501)
Summary
vulnerability in node-sanitize-html (UBUNTU-CVE-2024-21501). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **UBUNTU-CVE-2024-21501** has been found in node-sanitize-html.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: ?/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "node-sanitize-html UBUNTU-CVE-2024-21501" on the vendor's site.
UBUNTU-CVE-2024-21501 (node-sanitize-html) —
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**A vulnerability** (unclassified) exists in node-sanitize-html.
📍 Affected scope
node-sanitize-html — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'node-sanitize-html' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'node-sanitize-html' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `node-sanitize-html` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
node-sanitize-html
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
node-sanitize-html
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:25.10
node-sanitize-html
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
node-sanitize-html
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
References
- report https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-21501
- report https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/pull/650
- report https://gist.github.com/Slonser/8b4d061abe6ee1b2e10c7242987674cf
- report https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/discussions/4436
- report https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/commit/075499d1b98c387f4200fd59972ca9b15796b51b
- report https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/commit/1e2294c8001ce07c89448e03289818da631795ba
- report https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SANITIZEHTML-6256334
- report https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/commit/c5dbdf77fe8b836d3bf4554ea39edb45281ec0b4
- report https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-21501