what? nohtml is evolving!

• read-only demo server at https://a.ocv.me/pub/demo/
• docker image ╱ similar software ╱ client testbed

there is a discord server with an @everyone in case of future important updates, such as vulnerabilities (most recently 2026-03-08)

⚠️ ATTN: this release fixes a vulnerability

GHSA-m6hv-x64c-27mm the nohtml volflag did not prevent javascript inside SVG images from executing -- a malicious user with write-access could upload an SVG file which would execute as javascript when someone opens it 1c9f894

recent important news

• v1.20.9 (2025-02-25) fixed CVE-2026-27948 (XSS)

🧪 new features

• version-checker (thx @icxes!) c6965f0
  • default-disabled; you must choose a URL to grab security advisories from to enable it
  • periodically checks the security advisories and shows a warning in the controlpanel if you're running a vulnerable version
  • can optionally panic and shutdown the server if you prefer that
  • man, the timing on this though... absolute cinema

🩹 bugfixes

• fix nohtml not being aware that SVG images can execute javascript 1c9f894
  • a new volflag noscript was also added; nohtml will automatically enable noscript, but noscript can also be useful on its own; see readme
• various upload rules fixes:
  • #1335 rotf couldn't handle trailing slash (thx @NecRaul!) 8e20506
  • #1337 rotn didn't always count correctly (thx @NecRaul!) 23d4a62
  • rotn didn't apply to dupes 00e821d
• combining rp-loc and site was a bit jank (thx @new-sashok724!) 31b2384
• global-option idp-store: 2 would result in excessive config reloading 1272de9
• fix fd-leak when indexing certain compressed files, including epub books 8b5ac23
• forget-ip: fix sqlite cursor-locking 37123e3

🔧 other changes

• #1316 Chinese translation got a huge makeover (thx @satgo1546 and @lxdlam!) b015274
• #1324 better rclone advice on the connect-page 8941701
• static website resources, previously served from /.cpr/ have moved to /.cpr/w/ for easier configuration of allowlists in reverseproxies and authentication middlewares 753ff54

🌠 fun facts

• according to the SVG spec, images being able to execute javascript is a feature and intentional behavior... what a concept!

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⚠️ not the latest version!