CVE-2021-33391

tidy: An issue in HTACG HTML Tidy v5.7.28 allows attacker to execute arbitrarycode via the -g option of the CleanNode() fun...

CVE-2021-33391 is fixed in 4 products on 1 platform, first by libtidy5deb1 2:5.6.0-11ubuntu0.20.04.1, released February 17, 2023. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
9.8
Medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0113
66th percentile

An issue in HTACG HTML Tidy v5.7.28 allows attacker to execute arbitrarycode via the -g option of the CleanNode() function in gdoc.c.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
libtidy58 · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) 2:5.6.0-11ubuntu1 libtidy58 2:5.6.0-11ubuntu1 Jan 16, 2026
libtidy5deb1 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2:5.6.0-11ubuntu0.20.04.1 libtidy5deb1 2:5.6.0-11ubuntu0.20.04.1 Feb 17, 2023
libtidy5deb1 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2:5.6.0-11ubuntu0.22.04.1 libtidy5deb1 2:5.6.0-11ubuntu0.22.04.1 Feb 17, 2023
libtidy5deb1 · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 2:5.6.0-11ubuntu1 libtidy5deb1 2:5.6.0-11ubuntu1 Feb 17, 2023
libtidy5deb1 · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) 2:5.6.0-11ubuntu1 libtidy5deb1 2:5.6.0-11ubuntu1 Jan 16, 2026
tidy · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2:5.6.0-11ubuntu0.20.04.1 tidy 2:5.6.0-11ubuntu0.20.04.1 Feb 17, 2023
tidy · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2:5.6.0-11ubuntu0.22.04.1 tidy 2:5.6.0-11ubuntu0.22.04.1 Feb 17, 2023
tidy · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 2:5.6.0-11ubuntu1 tidy 2:5.6.0-11ubuntu1 Feb 17, 2023
tidy · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) 2:5.6.0-11ubuntu1 tidy 2:5.6.0-11ubuntu1 Jan 16, 2026
tidy · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) 2:5.6.0-11ubuntu1 tidy 2:5.6.0-11ubuntu1 Jan 16, 2026
tidy-html5 · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 2:5.8.0-2 DEBIAN-CVE-2021-33391 Feb 17, 2023
tidy-html5 · Debian 14 2:5.8.0-2 DEBIAN-CVE-2021-33391 Feb 17, 2023

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