Merge branch 'only-yield-valid-reference-matches' into 'master'

Only yield valid references in ReferenceFilter.references_in

Closes #27648

See merge request !9318

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/banzai/filter/abstract_reference_filter.rb b/lib/banzai/filter/abstract_reference_filter.rb
index 955d857c679..3b15ff6566f 100644
--- a/lib/banzai/filter/abstract_reference_filter.rb
+++ b/lib/banzai/filter/abstract_reference_filter.rb
@@ -33,7 +33,12 @@ module Banzai
       # Returns a String replaced with the return of the block.
       def self.references_in(text, pattern = object_class.reference_pattern)
         text.gsub(pattern) do |match|
-          yield match, $~[object_sym].to_i, $~[:project], $~[:namespace], $~
+          symbol = $~[object_sym]
+          if object_class.reference_valid?(symbol)
+            yield match, symbol.to_i, $~[:project], $~[:namespace], $~
+          else
+            match
+          end
         end
       end