Answer in brief
CVE-2026-92973 records a Medium severity (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in ansi2html 1.7.0a0 through 1.9.3 Cross-Site Scripting via OSC 8. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps pycontribs/ansi2html (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 5.3. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps pycontribs/ansi2html (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| pycontribs/ansi2htmlgeneric | >=1.7.0a0 <1.9.4 | 1.9.4 |
Published upstream
Sep 17, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 23, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Sep 17, 2026
ansi2html versions 1.7.0a0 through 1.9.3 contain a cross-site scripting vulnerability in OSC 8 hyperlink handling that fails to validate or escape URL targets. Attackers controlling ANSI text input can inject javascript: schemes or terminate href attributes to execute arbitrary scripts in the context of pages displaying converted output.
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