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Relates to #8184.

I went to fix the reachability described in that issue (a diagram-text-controlled themeVariables.borderColorArray closing a CSS declaration early), but couldn't actually get it to happen on current develop - I've written up why on the issue itself. sanitizeDirective already strips borderColorArray/bkgColorArray from both frontmatter and %%{init}%% config before it reaches the theme, since they aren't in configKeys.

Even so, the interpolation sites themselves have no defense of their own - the only thing standing between diagram text and this class of injection is that one allowlist check, several layers upstream of where the actual interpolation happens. look already gets this treatment via safeLook; the colour arrays never did. Added safeColor next to it and applied it everywhere a palette entry reaches a CSS declaration, across all 8 style modules that carry a palette.

Verified with the real config pipeline (preprocessDiagram → configApi.addDirective) that a malicious payload doesn't survive today either way, and added unit tests for safeColor alongside the existing safeLook ones.

Summary

  • Added safeColor to validate palette colors and provide safe fallbacks.
  • Applied safeColor across eight diagram style modules before CSS interpolation.
  • Added tests for valid colors, malicious values, fallbacks, whitespace, empty strings, and non-string inputs.
  • Added a patch changeset for the mermaid package.
  • Added defense-in-depth against CSS injection from palette configuration values.

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The change adds safeColor validation for palette values and applies it before palette colors are interpolated into generated CSS across multiple diagram styles. Tests cover accepted values and fallback behavior. A patch changeset records the update.

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Palette CSS sanitization

Layer / File(s) Summary
Shared safeColor contract and tests
packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/common/colorThemeGate.ts, packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/common/colorThemeGate.spec.ts
Adds safeColor validation for supported color formats and fallback handling. Tests cover valid and invalid values, whitespace, custom fallback, and non-string inputs.
Diagram style integration and release metadata
packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/{block,class,er,flowchart,git,requirement,timeline,usecase}/styles.*, .changeset/palette-css-safe-color.md
Applies safeColor to palette-derived colors used in generated CSS. Adds a patch-release changeset.

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Change: Bug fix

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Palette values are checked before interpolation into diagram CSS, preventing them from changing CSS structure. No material issue is established, so the change appears mergeable subject to normal checks.

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juneja-varun force-pushed the fix-palette-css-injection branch from 339b313 to 5c83af7 Compare September 8, 2026 11:34
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Heads up: Argos is flagging one visual snapshot diff pending approval. Everything else (unit tests, e2e, lint, types) is green — I can't approve/reject the new baseline myself since that needs repo access, so flagging it here for whoever reviews.

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The unit-test failure is unrelated to this PR - it's a wall-clock performance benchmark in regexes.spec.ts (stripAnyComments > scales linearly on deep indents) that measures timing ratios with a tolerance built in for CI noise, and this run hit 12.69x against an 8x threshold. Nothing in this diff touches that file or path. I don't have rights to re-run the job myself; a re-run should pass.

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