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Vulnerabilities & PatchesEmerging1 sourceAug 21, 2026 · 18:30via CVEFeed

CVE-2026-55850 - Element Web: A malicious homeserver can inject HTML in Element Web using its homepage

Brief

CVE ID : CVE-2026-55850

Published : Aug. 21, 2026, 6:30 p. m.

  • 40 minutes ago

Description : Element Web is a Matrix web client built using the Matrix React SDK. Prior to 1.

  • 22, EmbeddedPage in apps/web/src/components/structures/EmbeddedPage. tsx renders homeserver-supplied homepage content through dangerouslySetInnerHTML without passing it through sanitizedHtmlNode.

A malicious homeserver can provide crafted HTML that Element Web renders on the homepage; the content security policy prevents JavaScript but not phishing HTML. This issue is fixed in version 1.

  • 22.

Severity: 0.0

  • NA

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