CVE-2026-41238

A flaw was found in DOMPurify, a software library used to clean potentially malicious code from web content, preventing Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. A remote attacker could exploit a vulnerability related to 'prototype pollution' to bypass DOMPurify's security checks. This allows the attacker to inject harmful code, such as event handlers, into web pages. If successfully exploited, this could lead to the execution of arbitrary code in a user's web browser.

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.