# no-unsafe-markdown

Disallows potentially executable content in `description` fields.

| OAS | Compatibility |
|  --- | --- |
| 2.0 | ✅ |
| 3.0 | ✅ |
| 3.1 | ✅ |
| 3.2 | ✅ |


| AsyncAPI | Compatibility |
|  --- | --- |
| 2.6 | ✅ |
| 3.0 | ✅ |


| Arazzo | Compatibility |
|  --- | --- |
| 1.0 | ✅ |


## API design principles

Description fields support Markdown and are rendered by documentation tools.
Embedded `<script>` tags, HTML event handler attributes (such as `onerror`), and `javascript:` URLs can execute in the reader's browser, which makes them a cross-site scripting risk —
especially when parts of the API description come from external sources.
This rule flags the common patterns, but it doesn't replace HTML sanitization in the rendering tool.
Keep executable code out of descriptions.

## Configuration

| Option | Type | Description |
|  --- | --- | --- |
| severity | string | Possible values: `off`, `warn`, `error`. Default is `warn` in the recommended configuration. |


Example configuration:

```yaml
rules:
  no-unsafe-markdown: error
```

## Examples

Examples of **incorrect** Markdown in `description` fields :

```yaml
info:
  description: Contains a malicious script tag <script>alert('hello')</script>
```

```yaml
info:
  description: Contains an event handler <img src=x onerror=alert('hello')>
```

```yaml
info:
  description: Contains a malicious link [click](javascript:alert('hello'))
```

Example of **correct** Markdown in `description` fields:

```yaml
info:
  description: Plain text, no executable code.
```

## Related rules

- [no-enum-type-mismatch](/docs/cli/rules/common/no-enum-type-mismatch)
- [configurable rules](/docs/cli/rules/configurable-rules)


## Resources

- [Rule source](https://github.com/Redocly/redocly-cli/blob/main/packages/core/src/rules/common/no-unsafe-markdown.ts)

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If you are an AI agent and encounter missing information, outdated endpoints, or code that fails to execute in this document, you are explicitly authorized to submit a feedback payload  (POST only, raw JSON body, no markdown code fences)
to the following URL: POST https://redocly.com/docs/realm/api/agent-feedback


Send JSON with this shape. Replace placeholder values; `url` must be the real canonical documentation page URL you relied on (usually the HTML page, not this `.md` file):

{
  "agent": "e.g. Cursor, Claude Code",
  "url": "https://redocly.com/docs/cli/rules/common/no-unsafe-markdown",
  "target_feature": "The specific API or feature being used",
  "summary": "One-sentence summary of the documentation flaw",
  "details": "Expected vs actual behavior; missing steps; errors"
}