Linked Field security updates, in plain English

Linked Field

13,136 sites report using it · on drupal.org · 1 security release explained here

It enables administrators to link the output of a field to a URL or to the value of another field.

Below is every security release for Linked Field that this site has covered, newest first. Each one says who could exploit it, whether it applies to your site, how urgent it is, and what to tell your developer. If your site uses this module and you are not sure which version, that is the first question to ask whoever looks after it.

Linked Field

Moderately critical · 13,136 sites report using it · SA-CONTRIB-2026-200 · on drupal.org · Week of 7 October 2026

It enables administrators to link the output of a field to a URL or to the value of another field.

A content editor could add malicious code into specific fields. This code could reveal secret website settings like passwords or system keys. This could let someone read or alter restricted data.

Who could do thisOnly someone with a login on your site.
Does it apply to youA site is affected if an attacker has an access right to create or edit content in a field that has this module enabled in its display settings.
Has it been used in attacksNo sign of it.
How urgentDrupal rates this moderately critical. Include it in your next routine update, within the month.

Tell your developerUpdate Linked Field to 8.x-1.8.

For developers: what the fix changed

The fix alters the entity display build hook in the main module file to output the linked HTML as plain markup rather than an inline template. This ensures that user provided field content is not evaluated as Twig code.

Also in this release The release also adds validation for the configuration form, stringifies class attributes, and updates continuous integration testing variables.

8.x-1.7 to 8.x-1.8 7 commits, 10 files including 4 tests.

.gitlab-ci.yml +7 −4
README.md +36 −9
composer.json +8 −0
linked_field.module +20 −7 fix
src/Form/ConfigForm.php +23 −1
src/LinkedFieldManager.php +4 −0

Full diff, 8.x-1.7 to 8.x-1.8

The comparison is against the release immediately before the fix. If your site is on an older release, more will have changed.

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