rubygems package report

Is rails-html-sanitizer safe?

Q: Is rails-html-sanitizer safe to install?

CyberXYZ does not call a package safe in absolute terms. It records 17 known vulnerabilities for rails-html-sanitizer (rubygems), the worst rated HIGH, and no malicious-package signal. Whether it is acceptable depends on the version you run.

Q: Does rails-html-sanitizer have known vulnerabilities?

Yes. CyberXYZ records 17 known vulnerabilities for rails-html-sanitizer (rubygems), the worst rated HIGH. These include GHSA-5x79-w82f-gw8w, GHSA-h7wh-q2qr-458c, GHSA-cpgf-5mjf-73p7, GHSA-cj75-f6xr-r4g7, GHSA-rrfc-7g8p-99q8.

Q: Which version of rails-html-sanitizer should I use?

1.7.2 or later clears every advisory recorded for rails-html-sanitizer (rubygems). Check the release you pick before installing it.

Q: How do I check rails-html-sanitizer before installing?

Search rails-html-sanitizer in CyberXYZ Check at https://cyberxyz.io/check?q=rails-html-sanitizer. The xyz Scanner checks a project's dependencies, and CyberXYZ Proxy checks each package as it is installed.

rails-html-sanitizer (rubygems) has 17 known vulnerabilities, the worst rated HIGH. Upgrade to 1.7.2 or later to clear all of them. No malicious-package signal is recorded.

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none carry a known advisory

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cvss

7.5

high

CVSS v3.1 base score out of 10

epss

1.6%

medium

chance of exploitation in 30 days, 76th percentile of all CVEs

xyz score

3.4

low

CyberXYZ composite out of 10

fig. 01 — GHSA-5x79-w82f-gw8w, the advisory selected below

// 17 advisories

GHSA-5x79-w82f-gw8w

HIGHGitHub ratingCVE-2022-23517

Certain configurations of rails-html-sanitizer < 1.4.4 use an inefficient regular expression that is susceptible to excessive backtracking when attempting to…

Full advisory text at GitHub advisory or NVD.

// cvss v3.1 vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: None
Integrity: None
Availability: High

// questions

Is rails-html-sanitizer safe to install?

CyberXYZ does not call a package safe in absolute terms. It records 17 known vulnerabilities for rails-html-sanitizer (rubygems), the worst rated HIGH, and no malicious-package signal. Whether it is acceptable depends on the version you run.

Does rails-html-sanitizer have known vulnerabilities?

Yes. CyberXYZ records 17 known vulnerabilities for rails-html-sanitizer (rubygems), the worst rated HIGH. These include GHSA-5x79-w82f-gw8w, GHSA-h7wh-q2qr-458c, GHSA-cpgf-5mjf-73p7, GHSA-cj75-f6xr-r4g7, GHSA-rrfc-7g8p-99q8.

Which version of rails-html-sanitizer should I use?

1.7.2 or later clears every advisory recorded for rails-html-sanitizer (rubygems). Check the release you pick before installing it.

How do I check rails-html-sanitizer before installing?

Search rails-html-sanitizer in CyberXYZ Check at https://cyberxyz.io/check?q=rails-html-sanitizer. The xyz Scanner checks a project's dependencies, and CyberXYZ Proxy checks each package as it is installed.

Checked 2026-11-14 at 14:27 UTC. The most recent advisory here was published 2026-11-13. Updated continuously from NVD, GHSA, OSV and CNA feeds.