PostCSS API Vulnerability Exposes Sensitive Data in Affected Versions
CVE-2026-73646

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Postcss

Status
Vendor
CVE Published:
17 August 2026

What is CVE-2026-73646?

A vulnerability in PostCSS allows attacker-controlled values in sourceMappingURL parameters to be processed without proper security measures. This could lead to the unintended disclosure of source content from reachable .map files, compromising sensitive information. The issue has been addressed in version 8.5.18, preventing untrusted CSS processing when not set to map: false.

Affected Version(s)

postcss < 8.5.18

References

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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