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TryParseAttributes decodes entities, and HtmlAttribute encoded only & " < >, so a value written as x [31my produced a raw newline and a live ESC inside the tag. Under MXP secure-line framing the newline split the line mid-tag, leaving the rest of it on a line the client no longer parses; on a terminal the ESC was obeyed. The renderer already dropped controls from body text; a value is no different. The same treatment covers a link's URL, hint and text, and an OSC 8 target, where a BEL ended the sequence early. HtmlAttribute.ToString is public, so a name is now checked where it is set rather than only in HtmlMarkup.Tag: a name holding a space wrote two attributes. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
WalkthroughThe change validates HTML attribute names and removes control characters from HTML attributes, hyperlink attributes, and OSC 8 targets. Tests cover decoded and literal controls across HTML and ANSI rendering. ChangesAttribute and hyperlink control-character handling
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~15 minutes Change: Bug fix Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Control-character sanitization and attribute validation remain incomplete, and a control-obfuscated dangerous URL can become a navigable HTML target after normalization. These issues should be corrected before merge. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@MarkupString.Ansi/Emitters/AnsiEmitterSupport.cs`:
- Line 114: Update the control-character detection in the affected fast paths to
include C1 controls U+0080–U+009F, matching the filtering predicate’s
char.IsControl behavior. Preserve detection of existing C0 controls and DEL, and
apply the same correction to both referenced checks.
- Line 136: Normalize each URL once before the UrlSafety.IsSafeNavigableUrl
checks, then use that normalized value for encoding at all three affected sites
in MarkupString.Ansi/Emitters/AnsiEmitterSupport.cs lines 136-136 and 215-215,
and MarkupString.Ansi/Emitters/AnsiHtmlEmitter.cs line 132-132. Add coverage
verifying plain-text output for unsafe control-character URLs across ANSI, HTML,
Pueblo, and MXP.
In `@MarkupString.Html/HtmlAttribute.cs`:
- Around line 26-27: Update NeedsEncoding in HtmlAttribute to detect the full
control-character range through U+009F, including C1 characters U+0080–U+009F,
so Encode does not return them unchanged via its fast path; add coverage for a
representative C1 value such as U+0085.
- Around line 38-39: Update the Name initializer in HtmlAttribute to require
that name is non-null and passes HtmlMarkup.IsValidAttributeName; remove the
null-accepting branch so invalid or null names are rejected rather than
producing an attribute without a name.
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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Remove C1 control characters.
The fast paths only detect C0 controls and DEL. Values containing only U+0080 through U+009F return unchanged, although the filtering predicate uses char.IsControl. Use Any(char.IsControl) or include the C1 range in both checks.
Also applies to: 121-121
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In `@MarkupString.Ansi/Emitters/AnsiEmitterSupport.cs` at line 114, Update the
control-character detection in the affected fast paths to include C1 controls
U+0080–U+009F, matching the filtering predicate’s char.IsControl behavior.
Preserve detection of existing C0 controls and DEL, and apply the same
correction to both referenced checks.
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| output.Write(EncodeOsc8(url)); |
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.NET System.Uri TryCreate embedded tab in scheme java\tscript relative URI behavior
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In.NET, the System.Uri.TryCreate method treats strings containing embedded control characters, such as a tab (\t) within a scheme (e.g., "java\tscript:"), as relative URIs rather than absolute URIs [1][2][3]. Because the scheme contains a non-standard character, the.NET Uri parser does not recognize it as a valid, absolute URI scheme, causing it to fall back to a relative path interpretation [1][2]. This behavior is a known security consideration in various ecosystems, including Java and.NET, because it can lead to sanitization bypasses [1][2]. If an application uses System.Uri to validate or sanitize URLs—for example, by checking if a URI is "safe" based on its scheme—an attacker might provide a crafted string like "java\tscript:alert(1)". While the.NET parser may classify this as a relative URI (and thus potentially "safe" or "allowed" by some logic), a web browser may normalize the string by stripping the control character, subsequently executing it as a "javascript:" URI [1][2][3]. Developers should be aware that: 1. System.Uri.TryCreate will generally return true for such strings when UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute is used, as they are valid relative paths [4][5]. 2. Relying on System.Uri to "defang" or sanitize malicious URI schemes by simply checking the Scheme property is insufficient, as the parser's handling of control characters may differ from how browsers interpret the same input [1][2]. 3. Robust sanitization should involve explicit allow-listing of protocols and, where necessary, stripping control characters before passing strings to URI parsers [6][7]. Additionally, note that improper handling of control characters in URI strings can lead to other issues in.NET, such as exceptions when calling properties like.ToString on the resulting Uri object [8].
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Citations:
- 1: GHSA-gp7f-rwcx-9369
- 2: https://www.wiz.io/vulnerability-database/cve/cve-2022-36033
- 3: https://test.osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-gp7f-rwcx-9369
- 4: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.uri.trycreate?view=net-8.0
- 5: https://github.com/dotnet/dotnet/blob/17d11de66cf75b962995c81dd1235fae9aa5ece0/src/runtime/src/libraries/System.Private.Uri/src/System/UriExt.cs
- 6: https://github.com/fponticelli/llui/blob/main/packages/security/src/url.ts
- 7: https://github.com/fuaran-ui/fuaran-ts/blob/main/packages/renderer/src/sanitize.ts
- 8: GitHub issue 110480 in dotnet/runtime (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
Normalize URLs before validating navigable links.
The URL branches validate the raw url, then EncodeOsc8 or EncodeAttribute removes control characters. java\tscript:alert(1) can therefore pass as a relative URI and be emitted as javascript:alert(1). This bypasses the plain-text fallback and can create a dangerous HTML href.
Normalize the URL once before calling UrlSafety.IsSafeNavigableUrl, then pass that same value to the encoder at all three sites. Add coverage for plain-text output in ANSI, HTML, Pueblo, and MXP.
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In `@MarkupString.Ansi/Emitters/AnsiEmitterSupport.cs` at line 136, Normalize each
URL once before the UrlSafety.IsSafeNavigableUrl checks, then use that
normalized value for encoding at all three affected sites in
MarkupString.Ansi/Emitters/AnsiEmitterSupport.cs lines 136-136 and 215-215, and
MarkupString.Ansi/Emitters/AnsiHtmlEmitter.cs line 132-132. Add coverage
verifying plain-text output for unsafe control-character URLs across ANSI, HTML,
Pueblo, and MXP.
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Remove C1 control characters before the fast-path return.
char.IsControl includes U+0080 through U+009F, but NeedsEncoding does not detect that range. Encode("\u0085") therefore returns the control character unchanged at Line 56. Include the C1 range in NeedsEncoding and add coverage for a C1 value.
Proposed fix
value.IndexOfAny(Significant) >= 0
|| value.ContainsAnyInRange('\u0000', '\u001f')
- || value.Contains('\u007f');
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| || value.ContainsAnyInRange('\u0000', '\u001f') | |
| || value.Contains('\u007f'); | |
| || value.ContainsAnyInRange('\u0000', '\u001f') | |
| || value.ContainsAnyInRange('\u007f', '\u009f'); |
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In `@MarkupString.Html/HtmlAttribute.cs` around lines 26 - 27, Update
NeedsEncoding in HtmlAttribute to detect the full control-character range
through U+009F, including C1 characters U+0080–U+009F, so Encode does not return
them unchanged via its fast path; add coverage for a representative C1 value
such as U+0085.
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| name is null || HtmlMarkup.IsValidAttributeName(name) | ||
| ? name! |
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Reject null attribute names.
Validated(null) returns null, and new HtmlAttribute(null!, "x").ToString() emits ="x" instead of throwing. The Name initializer also accepts null at runtime. Require a non-null valid name.
Proposed fix
- name is null || HtmlMarkup.IsValidAttributeName(name)
- ? name!
+ name is not null && HtmlMarkup.IsValidAttributeName(name)
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In `@MarkupString.Html/HtmlAttribute.cs` around lines 38 - 39, Update the Name
initializer in HtmlAttribute to require that name is non-null and passes
HtmlMarkup.IsValidAttributeName; remove the null-accepting branch so invalid or
null names are rejected rather than producing an attribute without a name.
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Post-merge review of 2.2.0 found two defects in the new attribute handling.
1. A value could carry a raw control character
HtmlMarkup.TryParseAttributesdecodes entities (deliberately — so a policy checks what a client reads), andHtmlAttributeencoded only&,",<and>. So a value written asx [31mycame back out ofHtmlTagPolicy.WellFormed.TryCreateas a raw newline, carriage return and live ESC inside the tag.MarkupTextRendereralready drops controls from body text, so a value was the one way to get them onto the wire — andTryCreate, whose job is to make untrusted input safe, was what produced them.Controls are now dropped from a value. The same fix covers a link's URL, hint and text (
AnsiEmitterSupport,AnsiHtmlEmitter), and an OSC 8 target, where a BEL ended the sequence early and put the rest on the terminal as escapes.2.
HtmlAttributedid not check its nameToString()is public and the natural pairing isHtmlMarkup.Create(tag, string.Join(" ", attrs)), so a name holding a space or a quote wrote a second attribute out of one. The name is now checked where it is set, asHtmlMarkup.Tagalready did.Namekeeps itsinitaccessor, so the public API is unchanged.Tests
AValueCannotCarryAControlCharacter,AnAttributeNameIsCheckedWhereverOneIsBuilt,ALinksAttributesCannotCarryAControlCharacter. Each fails on 2.2.0.Suggested release: 2.2.1.
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