Vulnerability · Published Aug 20, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2026-73220CVAT: Stored XSS via annotation guides in audio tasks
High 8.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in cvat from cvat-ai. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 42% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
CVAT is an open source interactive video and image annotation tool for computer vision. From 2.68.0 until 2.70.0, the audio-task annotation guide renderer in cvat-ui/src/audio/components/annotation-page/audio-workspace/top-bar/audio-right-group.tsx passes attacker-controlled guide Markdown to MDEditor without the rehype-sanitize plugin. A user who can create or edit an annotation guide can store malicious JavaScript that executes when another user opens the guide. The script can issue arbitrary CVAT requests with the victim user's privileges. This issue is fixed in version 2.70.0.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-80 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References
- https://github.com/cvat-ai/cvat/security/advisories/GHSA-chxx-45vm-qhc9 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/cvat-ai/cvat/pull/10893 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/cvat-ai/cvat/commit/33aaa1987ea89a4d229bf4c19fcbe6b04ed55b42 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/cvat-ai/cvat/releases/tag/v2.70.0 x_refsource_MISC