CVE details
CVE-2026-1337
Insufficient escaping of unicode characters in query log in Neo4j Enterprise and Community editions prior to 2026.01 can lead to XSS if the user opens the logs in a tool that treats them as HTML. There is no security impact on Neo4j products, but this advisory is released as a precaution to treat the logs as plain text if using versions prior to 2026.01. Proof of concept exploit: https://github.com/JoakimBulow/CVE-2026-1337
Affected ports (1)
| Port | Package | Version | Status | Maintainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| databases/neo4j | neo4j | 4.4.48 | unaddressed | otis@FreeBSD.org |
Template for a VuXML entry
Range taken from the CVE record, check it before committing. make newentry in security/vuxml creates the vid.
<vuln vid="FIXME (make newentry)">
<topic>FIXME -- FIXME</topic>
<affects>
<package>
<name>neo4j</name>
<range><lt>2026.01.0</lt></range>
</package>
</affects>
<description>
<body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<p>Insufficient escaping of unicode characters in query log in Neo4j
Enterprise and Community editions prior to 2026.01 can lead to XSS if
the user opens the logs in a tool that treats them as HTML. There is
no security impact on Neo4j products, but this advisory is released as
a precaution to treat the logs as plain text if using versions prior
to 2026.01.
Proof of concept exploit:
https://github.com/JoakimBulow/CVE-2026-1337</p>
</body>
</description>
<references>
<cvename>CVE-2026-1337</cvename>
<url>https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-1337</url>
</references>
<dates>
<discovery>2026-02-06</discovery>
<entry>2026-10-25</entry>
</dates>
</vuln>