CVE-2026-6019
http.cookies.Morsel.js_output() returns an inline <script> snippet and only escapes " for JavaScript string context. It does not neutralize the HTML parser-sensitive sequence </script> inside the generated script element. Mitigation base64-encodes the cookie value to disallow escaping using cookie value.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
167 explicit affected versions
173 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
http.cookies.Morsel.js_output() returns an inline <script> snippet and only escapes " for JavaScript string context. It does not neutralize the HTML parser-sensitive sequence </script> inside the generated script element. Mitigation base64-encodes the cookie value to disallow escaping using cookie value.
http.cookies.Morsel.js_output() returns an inline <script> snippet and only escapes " for JavaScript string context. It does not neutralize the HTML parser-sensitive sequence </script> inside the generated script element. Mitigation base64-encodes the cookie value to disallow escaping using cookie value.
http.cookies.Morsel.js_output() returns an inline <script> snippet and only escapes " for JavaScript string context. It does not neutralize the HTML parser-sensitive sequence </script> inside the generated script element. Mitigation base64-encodes the cookie value to disallow escaping using cookie value.
http.cookies.Morsel.js_output() returns an inline <script> snippet and only escapes " for JavaScript string context. It does not neutralize the HTML parser-sensitive sequence </script> inside the generated script element. Mitigation base64-encodes the cookie value to disallow escaping using cookie value.
http.cookies.Morsel.js_output() returns an inline <script> snippet and only escapes " for JavaScript string context. It does not neutralize the HTML parser-sensitive sequence </script> inside the generated script element. Mitigation base64-encodes the cookie value to disallow escaping using cookie value.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/6xxx/CVE-2026-6019.json
- https://github.com/python/cpython
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/3c59b8b53fc75c7f9578d16fb8201ceb43e8f76c
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/76b3923d688c0efc580658476c5f525ec8735104
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/f795e042043dfe26c42e1971d4502c1cdc4c65b8
- https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/90309
- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/148848
- https://mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/IVNWGV2BBNC3RHQAFS22UP4DY56SAXX3/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6019