CVE-2026-42338
ip-address: XSS in Address6 HTML-emitting methods
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.3 Medium
- Published
- May 12, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 11, 2026
- Reserved
- Apr 26, 2026
Description
ip-address is a library for parsing and manipulating IPv4 and IPv6 addresses in JavaScript. Prior to 10.1.1, Address6.group() and Address6.link() do not HTML-escape attacker-controlled content before embedding it in the HTML strings they return, and AddressError.parseMessage (emitted by the Address6 constructor for invalid input) can contain unescaped attacker-controlled content in one branch. An application that (1) passes untrusted input to Address6 and (2) renders the output of these methods, or the thrown error's parseMessage, as HTML (e.g. via innerHTML) is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability is fixed in 10.1.1.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 5.3 Medium | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | GitHub_M |
| 3.1 | 8.1 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N | redhat-SADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
ip-addressbeaugunderson |
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References
- https://github.com/beaugunderson/ip-address/security/advisories/GHSA-v2v4-37r5-5v8g
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42338vdb-entry
- RHBZ#2476810issue-tracking
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-42338.json
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:39246vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:35842vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:35841vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41947vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:39868vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:52399vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:35892vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:35891vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:57590vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:66545vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:66488vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34374vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36754vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33574vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:62336vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:62335vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41928vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:65126vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60520vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:44263vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:44267vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:44237vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36820vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33155vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33160vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33163vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33173vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33183vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:56928vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:51200vendor-advisory
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