CVE-2026-21872
Medium · 6.1NiceGUI apps are vulnerable to XSS which uses `ui.sub_pages` and render arbitrary user-provided links
CVSS
6.1
EPSS
0.3%
Published
Jan 8, 2026
CISA due date
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The record
An unsafe implementation in the `click` event listener used by `ui.sub_pages`, combined with attacker-controlled link rendering on the page, causes an XSS when the user actively clicks on the link.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Introduced | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | nicegui | 2.22.0 | 3.5.0 |
| pypi | nicegui | 2.22.0 | No fix |
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