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v1.16.2 Security

This release includes 1 security fix for security teams reviewing exposed deployments.

Published 17d Productivity & Wikis
✓ No known CVEs patched
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This release patches 1 known CVE

Topics

comment-system commenting commenting-engines comments-widget privacy remark42
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self-hosted

Affected surfaces

auth deps

ReleasePort's take

Moderate signal
editorial:auto 11d

Version v1.16.2 sanitizes comment text in email notifications to fix the GHSA‑74pc‑3r2m‑ppx3 XSS vulnerability.

Why it matters: The release patches a high-severity (severity 90) XSS flaw affecting email notification rendering; operators should upgrade immediately.

Summary

AI summary

Sanitize comment text in email notifications and close GHSA‑74pc‑3r2m‑ppx3 XSS vulnerability.

Changes in this release

Security Critical

Sanitize comment text in email notifications (GHSA-74pc-3r2m-ppx3).

Sanitize comment text in email notifications (GHSA-74pc-3r2m-ppx3).

Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-16

Confidence: high

Feature Medium

Add --trusted-proxy option to gate client-IP forwarding headers.

Add --trusted-proxy option to gate client-IP forwarding headers.

Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-07-16-audit

Confidence: low

Dependency Low

Update frontend and site dependencies to latest, bump pnpm to 10, clear audit alerts.

Update frontend and site dependencies to latest, bump pnpm to 10, clear audit alerts.

Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-07-16-audit

Confidence: low

Dependency Low

Update backend dependencies to latest.

Update backend dependencies to latest.

Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-07-16-audit

Confidence: low

Dependency Low

Bump webpack-dev-server from 4.9.3 to 5.2.4 in /frontend.

Bump webpack-dev-server from 4.9.3 to 5.2.4 in /frontend.

Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-07-16-audit

Confidence: low

Dependency Low

Bump postcss from 8.4.14 to 8.5.10 in /frontend.

Bump postcss from 8.4.14 to 8.5.10 in /frontend.

Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-07-16-audit

Confidence: low

Bugfix Medium

Make user deletion idempotent for users without comments.

Make user deletion idempotent for users without comments.

Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-07-16-audit

Confidence: low

Bugfix Low

Warn on catch-all trusted-proxy, cover more cases, trim wording.

Warn on catch-all trusted-proxy, cover more cases, trim wording.

Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-07-16-audit

Confidence: low

Bugfix Low

Surface real avatar-store errors on deleteme, tolerate only not-found.

Surface real avatar-store errors on deleteme, tolerate only not-found.

Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-07-16-audit

Confidence: low

Bugfix Low

Remove user avatar on deleteme request.

Remove user avatar on deleteme request.

Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-07-16-audit

Confidence: low

Bugfix Low

Show UI error when no auth providers are configured.

Show UI error when no auth providers are configured.

Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-07-16-audit

Confidence: low

Bugfix Low

Guard against falsy outputPath in Eleventy htmlmin transform.

Guard against falsy outputPath in Eleventy htmlmin transform.

Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-07-16-audit

Confidence: low

Bugfix Low

Handle REST shutdown before server start.

Handle REST shutdown before server start.

Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-07-16-audit

Confidence: low

Refactor Low

Replace go-chi/chi router with go-pkgz/routegroup.

Replace go-chi/chi router with go-pkgz/routegroup.

Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-16

Confidence: high

Refactor Low

Use stdlib http.ServeMux instead of chi in cleanup_test.

Use stdlib http.ServeMux instead of chi in cleanup_test.

Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-07-16-audit

Confidence: low

Refactor Low

Consolidate request middlewares into middleware.go.

Consolidate request middlewares into middleware.go.

Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-07-16-audit

Confidence: low

Refactor Low

Replace chi middleware.RealIP with rest.RealIP on the main router.

Replace chi middleware.RealIP with rest.RealIP on the main router.

Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-07-16-audit

Confidence: low

Refactor Low

Replace chi middleware.NoCache with rest.NoCache on the main router.

Replace chi middleware.NoCache with rest.NoCache on the main router.

Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-07-16-audit

Confidence: low

Refactor Low

Replace chi middleware.Timeout with the timeout helper, drop chi/middleware.

Replace chi middleware.Timeout with the timeout helper, drop chi/middleware.

Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-07-16-audit

Confidence: low

Refactor Low

Replace chi middleware.Throttle with rest.Throttle on the main router.

Replace chi middleware.Throttle with rest.Throttle on the main router.

Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-07-16-audit

Confidence: low

Refactor Low

Migrate ssl.go TLS routers from chi to routegroup.

Migrate ssl.go TLS routers from chi to routegroup.

Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-07-16-audit

Confidence: low

Full changelog

Improvements

  • adopt go-pkgz/rest v1.22.0: CORS Vary + enforcing Timeout, drop local reimplementations #2105 @paskal
  • replace go-chi/chi router with go-pkgz/routegroup #2103 @paskal
  • replace go-chi/cors with go-pkgz/rest CORS #2102 @paskal
  • use stdlib http.ServeMux instead of chi in cleanup_test #2101 @paskal
  • consolidate request middlewares into middleware.go #2100 @paskal
  • replace chi middleware.RealIP with rest.RealIP on the main router #2099 @paskal
  • replace chi middleware.NoCache with rest.NoCache on the main router #2098 @paskal
  • replace chi middleware.Timeout with the timeout helper, drop chi/middleware #2097 @paskal
  • replace chi middleware.Throttle with rest.Throttle on the main router #2096 @paskal
  • migrate ssl.go TLS routers from chi to routegroup #2095 @paskal
  • update frontend and site dependencies to latest, bump pnpm to 10, clear audit alerts #2091 @paskal
  • update backend dependencies to latest #2088 @paskal
  • bump the github-actions-updates group across 1 directory with 4 updates #2092 @app/dependabot
  • bump webpack-dev-server from 4.9.3 to 5.2.4 in /frontend #2063 @app/dependabot
  • bump postcss from 8.4.14 to 8.5.10 in /frontend #2056 @app/dependabot

Bug Fixes

  • sanitize comment text in email notifications (GHSA-74pc-3r2m-ppx3) #2093 @paskal
  • add --trusted-proxy to gate client-IP forwarding headers #2116 @paskal
  • warn on catch-all trusted-proxy, cover more cases, trim wording #2118 @paskal
  • surface real avatar-store errors on deleteme, tolerate only not-found #2113 @paskal
  • remove user avatar on deleteme request #2104 @paskal
  • make user deletion idempotent for users without comments 3fc5d6b9
  • ui error when no auth providers configured 406df022
  • guard against falsy outputPath in eleventy htmlmin transform #2094 @paskal
  • handle REST shutdown before server start 589e956a

Security Fixes

  • GHSA-74pc-3r2m-ppx3 — sanitize comment text in email notifications to prevent XSS

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