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Security exception in org.htmlunit.cyberneko.HTMLTagBalancer.reopenFormattingElements

Type: advisorySources: OSV

OSS-Fuzz report: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=571721880 ``` Crash type: Security exception Crash state: org.htmlunit.cyberneko.HTMLTagBalancer.reopenFormattingElements org.htmlunit.cyberneko.HTMLTagBalancer.startElement org.htmlunit.cyberneko.HTMLTagBalancer.forceStartElement ```

Products
htmlunit
Affected versions
4.19.0, 4.20.0, 4.21.0, 5.0.0, 5.1.0, 5.2.0, 5.3.0, 5.4.0, 5.5.0, 5.6.0
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
Not specified
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 18:00 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Security exception in org.htmlunit.cyberneko.HTMLTagBalancer.reopenFormattingElements

core-osv · Original source

Published 10 Oct 2026, 00:18 UTC

OSS-Fuzz report: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=571721880 ``` Crash type: Security exception Crash state: org.htmlunit.cyberneko.HTMLTagBalancer.reopenFormattingElements org.htmlunit.cyberneko.HTMLTagBalancer.startElement org.htmlunit.cyberneko.HTMLTagBalancer.forceStartElement ```

osv:OSV-2025-1097

htmlunit

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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