GHSA-4j38-f5cw-54h7
Twig: The `spaceless` filter implicitly marks its output as safe
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2026-46628
- CVSS_V4
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U
Description
### Description The `spaceless` filter is registered with `is_safe => ['html']`, which means Twig's autoescaper does not escape its output in an HTML context. As a result, applying `spaceless` to attacker-controlled input that contains markup emits the markup unescaped even when the developer never wrote `|raw` and autoescape is enabled. Example: ```twig {% set payload = '<script>alert()</script>' %} {{ payload }} {# escaped #} {{ payload|spaceless }} {# not escaped #} ``` The filter is deprecated but still functional. With the deprecation, some downstream projects (e.g. Drupal modules) have duplicated the filter and inherited the same `is_safe` flag. ### Resolution The `spaceless` filter no longer marks its output as safe. Documentation has been updated to warn that `spaceless` should not be applied to unsanitised user input. ### Credits Twig would like to thank Pierre Rudloff for reporting the issue.
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| Packagist · twig/twig | introduced 0, fixed 3.26.0 |
References
- https://github.com/twigphp/Twig/security/advisories/GHSA-4j38-f5cw-54h7 WEB
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/twig/twig/CVE-2026-46628.yaml WEB
- https://github.com/twigphp/Twig PACKAGE
- https://symfony.com/cve-2026-46628 WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |