5 files changed, 26 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/app/helpers/external_link_helper.rb b/app/helpers/external_link_helper.rb
index 058302d1ed8..c951d0daf96 100644
--- a/app/helpers/external_link_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/external_link_helper.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module ExternalLinkHelper
+  include ActionView::Helpers::TextHelper
+
   def external_link(body, url, options = {})
-    link_to url, { target: '_blank', rel: 'noopener noreferrer' }.merge(options) do
+    link = link_to url, { target: '_blank', rel: 'noopener noreferrer' }.merge(options) do
       "#{body}#{sprite_icon('external-link', css_class: 'gl-ml-1')}".html_safe
     end
+    sanitize(link, tags: %w(a svg use), attributes: %w(target rel data-testid class href).concat(options.stringify_keys.keys))
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/helpers/icons_helper.rb b/app/helpers/icons_helper.rb
index 096a3f2269b..c38b4a7aedf 100644
--- a/app/helpers/icons_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/icons_helper.rb
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ module IconsHelper
 
       content_tag(
         :svg,
-        content_tag(:use, '', { 'xlink:href' => "#{sprite_icon_path}##{icon_name}" } ),
+        content_tag(:use, '', { 'href' => "#{sprite_icon_path}##{icon_name}" } ),
         class: css_classes.empty? ? nil : css_classes.join(' '),
         data: { testid: "#{icon_name}-icon" }
       )
diff --git a/doc/api/dependencies.md b/doc/api/dependencies.md
index c8b928ab5b2..6e9c37980ac 100644
--- a/doc/api/dependencies.md
+++ b/doc/api/dependencies.md
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ This API is in an alpha stage and considered unstable.
 The response payload may be subject to change or breakage
 across GitLab releases.
 
+> - Introduced in GitLab 12.1.
+> - Pagination introduced in 14.4.
+
 Every call to this endpoint requires authentication. To perform this call, user should be authorized to read repository.
 To see vulnerabilities in response, user should be authorized to read
 [Project Security Dashboard](../user/application_security/security_dashboard/index.md#project-security-dashboard).
@@ -60,3 +63,10 @@ Example response:
     }
 ]
 ```
+
+## Dependencies pagination
+
+By default, `GET` requests return 20 results at a time because the API results
+are paginated.
+
+Read more on [pagination](index.md#pagination).
diff --git a/spec/helpers/external_link_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/external_link_helper_spec.rb
index f5bb0568824..b746cb04ab3 100644
--- a/spec/helpers/external_link_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/helpers/external_link_helper_spec.rb
@@ -13,8 +13,14 @@ RSpec.describe ExternalLinkHelper do
 
   it 'allows options when creating external link with icon' do
     link = external_link('https://gitlab.com', 'https://gitlab.com', { "data-foo": "bar", class: "externalLink" }).to_s
-
     expect(link).to start_with('<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-foo="bar" class="externalLink" href="https://gitlab.com">https://gitlab.com')
     expect(link).to include('data-testid="external-link-icon"')
   end
+
+  it 'sanitizes and returns external link with icon' do
+    link = external_link('sanitized link content', 'javascript:alert()').to_s
+    expect(link).not_to include('href="javascript:alert()"')
+    expect(link).to start_with('<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">sanitized link content')
+    expect(link).to include('data-testid="external-link-icon"')
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/helpers/icons_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/icons_helper_spec.rb
index 4784d0aff26..af2957d72c7 100644
--- a/spec/helpers/icons_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/helpers/icons_helper_spec.rb
@@ -35,22 +35,22 @@ RSpec.describe IconsHelper do
 
     it 'returns svg icon html with DEFAULT_ICON_SIZE' do
       expect(sprite_icon(icon_name).to_s)
-        .to eq "<svg class=\"s#{IconsHelper::DEFAULT_ICON_SIZE}\" data-testid=\"#{icon_name}-icon\"><use xlink:href=\"#{icons_path}##{icon_name}\"></use></svg>"
+        .to eq "<svg class=\"s#{IconsHelper::DEFAULT_ICON_SIZE}\" data-testid=\"#{icon_name}-icon\"><use href=\"#{icons_path}##{icon_name}\"></use></svg>"
     end
 
     it 'returns svg icon html without size class' do
       expect(sprite_icon(icon_name, size: nil).to_s)
-        .to eq "<svg data-testid=\"#{icon_name}-icon\"><use xlink:href=\"#{icons_path}##{icon_name}\"></use></svg>"
+        .to eq "<svg data-testid=\"#{icon_name}-icon\"><use href=\"#{icons_path}##{icon_name}\"></use></svg>"
     end
 
     it 'returns svg icon html + size classes' do
       expect(sprite_icon(icon_name, size: 72).to_s)
-        .to eq "<svg class=\"s72\" data-testid=\"#{icon_name}-icon\"><use xlink:href=\"#{icons_path}##{icon_name}\"></use></svg>"
+        .to eq "<svg class=\"s72\" data-testid=\"#{icon_name}-icon\"><use href=\"#{icons_path}##{icon_name}\"></use></svg>"
     end
 
     it 'returns svg icon html + size classes + additional class' do
       expect(sprite_icon(icon_name, size: 72, css_class: 'icon-danger').to_s)
-        .to eq "<svg class=\"s72 icon-danger\" data-testid=\"#{icon_name}-icon\"><use xlink:href=\"#{icons_path}##{icon_name}\"></use></svg>"
+        .to eq "<svg class=\"s72 icon-danger\" data-testid=\"#{icon_name}-icon\"><use href=\"#{icons_path}##{icon_name}\"></use></svg>"
     end
 
     describe 'non existing icon' do