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CVE-2026-50159: Mermaid allows CSS injection applying to sibling elements of the diagram

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v4.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-08-06 · updated 2026-10-24
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Mermaid is a JavaScript tool that uses Markdown-inspired text to create and modify diagrams and charts. Prior to 10.9.8 and 11.16.1, Mermaid is vulnerable to CSS injection via sibling combinator selectors generated from diagram-supplied class or id names. An attacker who can supply diagram text can inject arbitrary CSS into the rendered page, potentially altering the appearance or behavior of unrelated page elements. This issue is fixed in versions 10.9.8 and 11.16.1.

Affected products

• mermaid-js mermaid: before 10.9.8; from 11.0.0-alpha.1, < 11.16.1

References

• https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/commit/12d472c9ed43f94814b110da8d7a9ae6dd5266ed
• https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/commit/7e83f1533318b307764d961906a73377266f4c5e
• https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/pull/8022
• https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/releases/tag/mermaid@11.16.1
• https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/releases/tag/v10.9.8
• https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/security/advisories/GHSA-6x64-9x62-f2gx

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