Medium 6.1Published Aug 11, 2026

CVE-2026-72925SWC HTML minifier may allow script element breakout when minifying embedded JSON

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 3:50 PM ET)

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SWC is a TypeScript / JavaScript compiler written in Rust. Prior to @swc/html 1.15.47-nightly-20260729.1 and swc_html_minifier 59.0.0, the minifyJson processing in crates/swc_html_minifier/src/lib.rs parsed and serialized attacker-controlled JSON in application/json and application/ld+json script elements without the escape_json_for_html_script behavior to re-escape less-than signs, allowing a closing script sequence to terminate the element early and execute script in the generated page's origin. This issue is fixed in @swc/html 1.15.47-nightly-20260729.1 and swc_html_minifier 59.0.0.

CVSS: 6.1 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-79, CWE-116
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Awaiting Analysis
Record last updated: Aug 11, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

swc-project swc swc_project:swc (from the name)	before 1.15.47	CNA record
@swc html swc:html (from the name)	before 1.15.47-nightly-20260729.1	CNA record
swc-project swc_html_minifier swc_project:swc_html_minifier (from the name)	before 59.0.0	CNA record

References

References

https://github.com/swc-project/swc/security/advisories/GHSA-5qr2-v392-m9g8	x-refsource-confirm
https://github.com/swc-project/swc/pull/12080	x-refsource-misc
https://github.com/swc-project/swc/commit/e1877b44bdac8abc9fd51e984d584f40f6999832	x-refsource-misc
https://github.com/swc-project/swc/releases/tag/v1.15.47	x-refsource-misc
https://github.com/swc-project/swc/releases/tag/v1.15.47-nightly-20260729.1	x-refsource-misc

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