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chore(deps): update dependency mermaid to v11.15.0 [security] (main) - #8569

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Mermaid: Improper sanitization of classDefs in diagrams leads to CSS injection

CVE-2026-41148 / GHSA-xcj9-5m2h-648r

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Details

The state diagram and any other diagram type that routes user-controlled style strings through createCssStyles parser for Mermaid v11.14.0 and earlier captures classDef values with an unrestricted regex:

// packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/state/parser/stateDiagram.jison:83
<CLASSDEFID>[^\n]* { this.popState(); return 'CLASSDEF_STYLEOPTS' }

The value passes unsanitized through addStyleClass() -> createCssStyles() -> style.innerHTML (mermaidAPI.ts:418). A } in the value closes the generated CSS selector, and everything after becomes a new CSS rule on the page.

PoC
stateDiagram-v2 classDef x }*{ background-image: url("http://media.giphy.com/media/SggILpMXO7Xt6/giphy.gif")}

Live demo:
https://mermaid.live/edit#pako:eNpFjzFvgzAQhf-KdVNbEcBgMHhtlkqtOnSJKi8ONsYKBmRMlRTx3-skanvTfbp7996t0IxSAYPZC6_2Rmgn7O4rQ00v5nmvWnRG29OKjqI5aTcug9wZK7RiaHH9A4fO-4kliVXSiFibqbvEzWjvnHxo_fI6vR3e6cGXyX2qTcvhcYMItDMSmHeLisAqZ8UVYeUDQhx8p6ziwEIrhTtx4MNVM4nhcxztrywE0h2wVvRzoGWS_z_8rahBKvcckntgmN5OAFvhDIzUNCZZQXCR5nVaZkUEF2BVFpOcEkoxxhUuyRbB980yjStapKHqoKFlhvPtB7BFZEU

Patches

This has been patched in:

Workarounds

Setting "securityLevel": "sandbox" will prevent this, by rendering the mermaid diagram in a sandboxed <iframe>.

Impact

Enables page defacement, user tracking via url() callbacks, and DOM attribute exfiltration via CSS :has() selectors.

Severity

  • CVSS Score: 5.3 / 10 (Medium)
  • Vector String: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L

References

This data is provided by the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0).


Mermaid: Improper sanitization of classDef in state diagrams leads to HTML injection

CVE-2026-41149 / GHSA-ghcm-xqfw-q4vr

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Impact

Under the default configuration, Mermaid state diagram's classDef allow DOM injection that escapes the SVG, although <script> tags are removed, preventing XSS.

Proof-of-concept
stateDiagram-v2
classDef xss fill:red</style></svg><style>*{x:x;y:y;overflow:visible!important;contain:none!important;transform:none!important;filter:none!important;clip-path:none!important}</style><div style="x:x;y:y;color:red;font:5em/1 monospace;display:grid;place-items:center;z-index:2147483647;width:100vw;height:100vh;position:fixed;top:0;left:0;background:black">HACKED</div><svg><style>a:b
[*] --> A:::xss
Patches
Workarounds

If you can not update to a patched version, setting "securityLevel": "sandbox" will prevent this, by rendering the mermaid diagram in a sandboxed <iframe>.

Credits

Thanks to @​zsxsoft from @​KeenSecurityLab for reporting this vulnerability.

Severity

  • CVSS Score: 5.3 / 10 (Medium)
  • Vector String: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L

References

This data is provided by the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0).


Mermaid: Improper sanitization of configuration leads to CSS injection

CVE-2026-41159 / GHSA-87f9-hvmw-gh4p

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Impact

Mermaid's default configuration allows injecting CSS that applies outside of the Mermaid diagram via the fontFamily, themeCSS, and altFontFamily configuration options.

Live demo: mermaid.live

Example code:

%%{init: {"fontFamily": "x;a{b} :not(&){background:green !important} c{d}"}}%%
flowchart LR
A --> B

The injected CSS exploits stylis's & (scope reference) handling. :not(&) escapes the #mermaid-xxx automatic scoping, applying styles to all page elements. Global at-rules (@font-face, @keyframes, @counter-style) are also injectable as stylis hoists them to top level.

This allows page defacement and DOM attribute exfiltration via CSS :has() selectors.

Patches
Workarounds

If you can't upgrade mermaid, you can set the secure config value in the mermaid config to avoid allowing diagrams to modify fontFamily, themeCSS, altFontFamily, and themeVariables.

Setting "securityLevel": "sandbox" will also prevent this.

Credits

Reported by @​zsxsoft on behalf of @​KeenSecurityLab

Severity

  • CVSS Score: 5.3 / 10 (Medium)
  • Vector String: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L

References

This data is provided by the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0).


Mermaid Gantt Charts are vulnerable to an Infinite Loop DoS

CVE-2026-41150 / GHSA-6m6c-36f7-fhxh

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Impact

Mermaid v11.14.0 and earlier are vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack when rendering gantt charts, if they use the excludes attribute to exclude all dates.

Example:

gantt
excludes monday,tuesday,wednesday,thursday,friday,saturday,sunday
DoS :2025-01-01, 1d

mermaid.parse is unaffected, unless you then call the ganttDb.getTasks() (which is called when rendering a diagram).

Patches

This has been patched in:

Workarounds

There are no workarounds available without updating to a newer version of mermaid.

Severity

  • CVSS Score: 5.3 / 10 (Medium)
  • Vector String: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L

References

This data is provided by the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0).


Release Notes

mermaid-js/mermaid (mermaid)

v11.15.0

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Minor Changes
  • #​71740aca217 Thanks @​milesspencer35! - feat(sequence): Add support for decimal start and increment values in the autonumber directive

  • #​75128e17492 Thanks @​aruncveli! - feat(flowchart): add datastore shape

    In Data flow diagrams, a datastore/warehouse/file/database is used to represent data persistence. It is denoted by a rectangle with only top and bottom borders, and can be used in flowcharts with A@{ shape: datastore, label: "Datastore" }.

  • #​64409ad8dde Thanks @​yordis, @​lgazo! - feat: add Event Modeling diagram

  • #​770727db774 Thanks @​txmxthy! - feat(architecture): expose four fcose layout knobs for architecture-beta diagrams (nodeSeparation, idealEdgeLengthMultiplier, edgeElasticity, numIter) so authors can tune layout density and spread overlapping siblings without changing diagram source

  • #​7604bf9502f Thanks @​M-a-c! - feat(class): add nested namespace support for class diagrams via dot notation and syntactic nesting

    If you have namespaces in class diagrams that use .s already and want to render them without nesting (≤v11.14.0 behaviour), you can use set class.hierarchicalNamespaces=false in your mermaid config:

    config:
    class:
    hierarchicalNamespaces: false
  • #​727288cdd3d Thanks @​xinbenlv! - feat(sankey): add outlined label style, configurable nodeWidth/nodePadding, and custom node colors

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