Description
KaTeX is a fast, easy-to-use JavaScript library for TeX math rendering on the web. From 0.11.0 until 0.18.2, KaTeX uses ordinary JavaScript property access for the renderer options object, the trust setting, default and processor setting metadata, and namespace lookup and group restoration, allowing inherited properties to be treated as explicitly supplied values. When Object.prototype is already polluted or an attacker controls the options object's prototype, attacker-controlled mathematical expressions can use an inherited trust value to enable trusted rendering and produce links capable of user-interaction cross-site scripting or loading attacker-selected external resources in a consuming application that inserts unsanitized KaTeX output into a page. KaTeX does not itself create the prototype pollution, and rendering an expression alone does not execute script. This issue is fixed in version 0.18.2.
Published: 2026-10-01
Score: 2.1 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-238p-pmpm-9mq7 KaTeX: Existing prototype pollution can bypass trust restrictions
History

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Thu, 01 Oct 2026 22:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Katex
Katex katex
Vendors & Products Katex
Katex katex

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 17:45:00 +0000

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Description KaTeX is a fast, easy-to-use JavaScript library for TeX math rendering on the web. From 0.11.0 until 0.18.2, KaTeX uses ordinary JavaScript property access for the renderer options object, the trust setting, default and processor setting metadata, and namespace lookup and group restoration, allowing inherited properties to be treated as explicitly supplied values. When Object.prototype is already polluted or an attacker controls the options object's prototype, attacker-controlled mathematical expressions can use an inherited trust value to enable trusted rendering and produce links capable of user-interaction cross-site scripting or loading attacker-selected external resources in a consuming application that inserts unsanitized KaTeX output into a page. KaTeX does not itself create the prototype pollution, and rendering an expression alone does not execute script. This issue is fixed in version 0.18.2.
Title KaTeX: Existing prototype pollution can bypass trust restrictions
Weaknesses CWE-807
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 2.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-06T01:59:30.896Z

Reserved: 2026-10-01T14:20:19.154Z

Link: CVE-2026-103923

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-06T01:59:25.907Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-01T18:17:13.053

Modified: 2026-10-06T02:17:02.757

Link: CVE-2026-103923

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-10-01T17:37:47Z

Links: CVE-2026-103923 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-02T14:30:24Z

Weaknesses