Highcharts Core: `breadcrumbs.style` keys become SVG event-handler attributes
CVE-2026-118246 · GHSA-35rr-xwfh-x789 · published 28 Oct 2026
How serious is it
- Severity: high, CVSS score 8.4 out of 10.
- No exploit prediction (EPSS) score yet.
- Not on the CISA list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- No public exploit in Exploit-DB.
Is your app affected by CVE-2026-118246?
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Who is affected
highcharts(npm) >= 10.0.0, < 11.4.9highcharts(npm) >= 12.0.0, < 12.6.1highcharts(npm) >= 13.0.0, <= 13.0.2
How to check
- Run
npm ls highchartsin your project to see the installed version, including copies pulled in by other packages. - Or paste your lockfile into the checker: it lists every package with a known vulnerability, this one included.
- Or run
npx shippable-dev scan localhost:3000in your project folder. It reads your lockfile and flags this vulnerability along with every other known one.
How to fix
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- On >= 10.0.0, < 11.4.9: Upgrade
highchartsto 11.4.9 or later, commit the lockfile and redeploy. - On >= 12.0.0, < 12.6.1: Upgrade
highchartsto 12.6.1 or later, commit the lockfile and redeploy. - On >= 13.0.0, <= 13.0.2: Upgrade
highchartsto 13.1.0 or later, commit the lockfile and redeploy. - If a vulnerable version was live, check your logs and rotate the secrets that server could read.
The advisory
### Impact
The breadcrumbs `style` option is applied to the breadcrumb button as SVG attributes rather than as CSS, and the attribute names are not filtered. An attacker who controls the chart configuration can supply keys under `breadcrumbs.style` that name event handlers, and those keys become live handlers on the breadcrumb button, so the attacker's script runs in the origin of the page hosting the chart. The option is reached through `drilldown.breadcrumbs`, `navigation.breadcrumbs` and the `breadcrumbs` option of the treemap, sunburst and treegraph series. Exploitation requires that untrusted data reach the chart configuration and that a user drill down, or traverse into a level of a hierarchical series, so that the breadcrumbs render, and then hover over or activate the breadcrumb button. Charts rendered in styled mode do not apply the option and are not affected. Charts built with Highcharts Stock, Maps and Gantt are included, since those ship from the same package as Core.
### Workarounds
Verified against published bundles on 10.0.0, 11.4.8, 12.3.0 and 13.0.2.
Load immediately after Highcharts, before any chart is created:
```js
// Workaround fix for all affected Highcharts versions: 10.0.0-13.0.2
((H)=>{const S=H.SVGElement.prototype,D=S._defaultSetter;S._defaultSetter=function _defaultSetter(v,k,e){/^on/i.test(k)||D.call(this,v,k,e)};})(Highcharts);
// End of the workaround fix
```
### Obtaining the patched version
The patched releases are available from all the usual distribution channels. With npm, upgrade the affected package to the patched version listed above, for example `npm install highcharts@13.1.0`. If you load Highcharts from the CDN, use the versioned URLs on code.highcharts.com, for example `https://code.highcharts.com/13.1.0/highcharts.js`. For more on each installation method, see the [installation guide](https://www.highcharts.com/docs/getting-started/installation).
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References
- github.com/highcharts/highcharts/security/advisories/GHSA-35rr-xwfh-x789
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-118246
- github.com/highcharts/highcharts/commit/b0fafdaaee7d0cac2ecfeb0eaf37b11cd40594ef
- github.com/highcharts/highcharts/releases/tag/v13.1.0
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-35rr-xwfh-x789
- github.com/highcharts/highcharts
Merged from GitHub Advisory Database, OSV. Last updated 29 Oct 2026. All vulnerabilities · RSS · JSON