diff --git a/lib/loofah.rb b/lib/loofah.rb
index 099f183b..ce41c270 100644
--- a/lib/loofah.rb
+++ b/lib/loofah.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 require 'loofah/elements'
 
 require 'loofah/html5/whitelist'
+require 'loofah/html5/libxml2_workarounds'
 require 'loofah/html5/scrub'
 
 require 'loofah/scrubber'
diff --git a/lib/loofah/html5/libxml2_workarounds.rb b/lib/loofah/html5/libxml2_workarounds.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fc3fb244
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/loofah/html5/libxml2_workarounds.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# coding: utf-8
+require 'set'
+
+module Loofah
+  #
+  #  constants related to working around unhelpful libxml2 behavior
+  #
+  #  ಠ_ಠ
+  #
+  module LibxmlWorkarounds
+    #
+    #  these attributes and qualifying parent tags are determined by the code at:
+    #
+    #    https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/tree/HTMLtree.c?h=v2.9.2#n714
+    #
+    #  see comments about CVE-2018-8048 within the tests for more information
+    #
+    BROKEN_ESCAPING_ATTRIBUTES = Set.new %w[
+        href
+        action
+        src
+        name
+      ]
+    BROKEN_ESCAPING_ATTRIBUTES_QUALIFYING_TAG = {"name" => "a"}
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/loofah/html5/scrub.rb b/lib/loofah/html5/scrub.rb
index 4e2ca648..99622bfe 100644
--- a/lib/loofah/html5/scrub.rb
+++ b/lib/loofah/html5/scrub.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#encoding: US-ASCII
-
 require 'cgi'
 require 'crass'
 
@@ -65,6 +63,8 @@ def scrub_attributes node
           node.attribute_nodes.each do |attr_node|
             node.remove_attribute(attr_node.name) if attr_node.value !~ /[^[:space:]]/
           end
+
+          force_correct_attribute_escaping! node
         end
 
         def scrub_css_attribute node
@@ -100,6 +100,35 @@ def scrub_css style
 
           Crass::Parser.stringify sanitized_tree
         end
+
+        private
+
+        #
+        #  libxml2 >= 2.9.2 fails to escape comments within some attributes.
+        #
+        #  see comments about CVE-2018-8048 within the tests for more information
+        #
+        def force_correct_attribute_escaping! node
+          return unless Nokogiri::VersionInfo.instance.libxml2?
+
+          node.attribute_nodes.each do |attr_node|
+            next unless LibxmlWorkarounds::BROKEN_ESCAPING_ATTRIBUTES.include?(attr_node.name)
+
+            tag_name = LibxmlWorkarounds::BROKEN_ESCAPING_ATTRIBUTES_QUALIFYING_TAG[attr_node.name]
+            next unless tag_name.nil? || tag_name == node.name
+
+            #
+            #  this block is just like CGI.escape in Ruby 2.4, but
+            #  only encodes space and double-quote, to mimic
+            #  pre-2.9.2 behavior
+            #
+            encoding = attr_node.value.encoding
+            attr_node.value = attr_node.value.gsub(/[ "]/) do |m|
+              '%' + m.unpack('H2' * m.bytesize).join('%').upcase
+            end.force_encoding(encoding)
+          end
+        end
+
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/test/integration/test_ad_hoc.rb b/test/integration/test_ad_hoc.rb
index 13539668..71958fda 100644
--- a/test/integration/test_ad_hoc.rb
+++ b/test/integration/test_ad_hoc.rb
@@ -188,6 +188,71 @@ def test_dont_remove_whitespace_between_tags
       html = "<p>Foo</p>\n<p>Bar</p>"
       assert_equal "Foo\nBar", Loofah.scrub_document(html, :prune).text
     end
+
+    #
+    #  tests for CVE-2018-8048 (see https://github.com/flavorjones/loofah/issues/144)
+    #
+    #  libxml2 >= 2.9.2 fails to escape comments within some attributes. It
+    #  wants to ensure these comments can be treated as "server-side includes",
+    #  but as a result fails to ensure that serialization is well-formed,
+    #  resulting in an opportunity for XSS injection of code into a final
+    #  re-parsed document (presumably in a browser).
+    #
+    #  we'll test this by parsing the HTML, serializing it, then
+    #  re-parsing it to ensure there isn't any ambiguity in the output
+    #  that might allow code injection into a browser consuming
+    #  "sanitized" output.
+    #
+    [
+      #
+      #  these tags and attributes are determined by the code at:
+      #
+      #    https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/tree/HTMLtree.c?h=v2.9.2#n714
+      #
+      {tag: "a",   attr: "href"},
+      {tag: "div", attr: "href"},
+      {tag: "a",   attr: "action"},
+      {tag: "div", attr: "action"},
+      {tag: "a",   attr: "src"},
+      {tag: "div", attr: "src"},
+      {tag: "a",   attr: "name"},
+      #
+      #  note that div+name is _not_ affected by the libxml2 issue.
+      #  but we test it anyway to ensure our logic isn't modifying
+      #  attributes that don't need modifying.
+      #
+      {tag: "div", attr: "name", unescaped: true},
+    ].each do |config|
+
+      define_method "test_uri_escaping_of_#{config[:attr]}_attr_in_#{config[:tag]}_tag" do
+        html = %{<#{config[:tag]} #{config[:attr]}='examp<!--" unsafeattr=foo()>-->le.com'>test</#{config[:tag]}>}
+
+        reparsed = Loofah.fragment(Loofah.fragment(html).scrub!(:prune).to_html)
+        attributes = reparsed.at_css(config[:tag]).attribute_nodes
+
+        assert_equal [config[:attr]], attributes.collect(&:name)
+        if Nokogiri::VersionInfo.new.libxml2?
+          if config[:unescaped]
+            #
+            #  this attribute was emitted wrapped in single-quotes, so a double quote is A-OK.
+            #  assert that this attribute's serialization is unaffected.
+            #
+            assert_equal %{examp<!--" unsafeattr=foo()>-->le.com}, attributes.first.value
+          else
+            #
+            #  let's match the behavior in libxml < 2.9.2.
+            #  test that this attribute's serialization is well-formed and sanitized.
+            #
+            assert_equal %{examp<!--%22%20unsafeattr=foo()>-->le.com}, attributes.first.value
+          end
+        else
+          #
+          #  yay for consistency in javaland. move along, nothing to see here.
+          #
+          assert_equal %{examp<!--%22 unsafeattr=foo()>-->le.com}, attributes.first.value
+        end
+      end
+
+    end
   end
 end
-