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node-mermaid — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: UBUNTU-CVE-2025-54880

Mermaid is a JavaScript based diagramming and charting tool that uses Markdown-inspired text definitions and a renderer to create and modify complex diagrams. In the default configuration of mermaid 11.9.0 and earlier, user supplied input for architecture diagram icons is passed to the d3 html() method, creating a sink for cross site scripting. This vulnerability is fixed in 11.10.0.

Products
node-mermaid
Affected versions
8.13.3+ds+~cs26.13.21-1, 8.13.3+ds+~cs26.13.21-2, 8.13.8+~cs10.4.16-1, 8.7.0+ds+~cs27.17.17-3, 9.2.2+~2.0.0-1, 9.2.2+~2.0.0-2
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2025-54880
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 01:33 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

UBUNTU-CVE-2025-54880

core-osv · Original source

Published 19 Aug 2025, 17:15 UTC

Mermaid is a JavaScript based diagramming and charting tool that uses Markdown-inspired text definitions and a renderer to create and modify complex diagrams. In the default configuration of mermaid 11.9.0 and earlier, user supplied input for architecture diagram icons is passed to the d3 html() method, creating a sink for cross site scripting. This vulnerability is fixed in 11.10.0.

osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2025-54880

node-mermaid

Fixed versions: Not specified

node-mermaid

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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        "https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/commit/2aa83302795183ea5c65caec3da1edd6cb4791fc",
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