SVGO, short for SVG Optimizer, is a Node.js library and command-line application for optimizing SVG files

Overview

SVGO, short for SVG Optimizer, is a Node.js library and command-line application for optimizing SVG files. From version 1.0.0 until versions 2.8.4, 3.3.5, and 4.1.0, the opt-in removeScripts plugin, named removeScriptElement in versions 2 and 3 and implemented in plugins/removeScripts.js, removes SVG and XHTML script elements but does not inspect executable HTML content inside SVG foreignObject elements. Event-handler attributes such as onload and onbeforetoggle, srcdoc documents, and executable URLs in the action, data, formaction, href, and src attributes can remain in attacker-controlled SVG input. When an application uses the plugin as its only protection and serves the optimized SVG in an active browser context, the payload can execute script in the viewer's origin, expose data, modify content, or perform actions as the victim. This issue is fixed in versions 2.8.4, 3.3.5, and 4.1.0.

Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

Package advisory (CVE-2026-84369)

Affected packages:

• svgo >= 1.0.0, < 2.8.4
• svgo >= 3.0.0, < 3.3.5
• svgo >= 4.0.0, < 4.1.0

Patched in:

• svgo 2.8.4
• svgo 3.3.5
• svgo 4.1.0

Source: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4vpr-x523-8j87

Vendor advisories

• Red Hat VEX · Moderate · affected: Cryostat 4, OpenShift Pipelines, OpenShift Service Mesh 3, Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2, Red Hat AMQ Broker 7, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2, … · updated 2026-10-16 · vex