diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/helpers.py b/rhodecode/lib/helpers.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/helpers.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/helpers.py
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ from collections import OrderedDict
 import pygments
 import itertools
 import fnmatch
-import bleach
 
 from datetime import datetime
 from functools import partial
@@ -78,6 +77,7 @@ from webhelpers2.number import format_by
 from rhodecode.lib._vendor.webhelpers_backports import raw_select
 
 from rhodecode.lib.action_parser import action_parser
+from rhodecode.lib.html_filters import sanitize_html
 from rhodecode.lib.pagination import Page, RepoPage, SqlPage
 from rhodecode.lib import ext_json
 from rhodecode.lib.ext_json import json
@@ -1645,7 +1645,7 @@ def _process_url_func(match_obj, repo_na
         'id-repr': issue_id,
         'issue-prefix': entry['pref'],
         'serv': entry['url'],
-        'title': bleach.clean(desc, strip=True),
+        'title': sanitize_html(desc, strip=True),
         'hovercard_url': hovercard_url
     }
 
diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/html_filters.py b/rhodecode/lib/html_filters.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/html_filters.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/html_filters.py
@@ -16,8 +16,47 @@
 # RhodeCode Enterprise Edition, including its added features, Support services,
 # and proprietary license terms, please see https://rhodecode.com/licenses/
 
+import functools
+import logging
+from .html_sanitizer_defs import markdown_attrs, markdown_tags, all_tags, all_styles
+
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
 # base64 filter e.g ${ example | base64,n }
 def base64(text):
     from rhodecode.lib.str_utils import base64_to_str
     return base64_to_str(text)
 
+
+def sanitize_html(text, **kwargs):
+    # TODO: replace this with https://nh3.readthedocs.io/en/latest
+    # bleach is abandoned and deprecated :/
+    import bleach
+    from bleach.css_sanitizer import CSSSanitizer
+
+    css_sanitizer = CSSSanitizer(allowed_css_properties=all_styles)
+
+    markdown = kwargs.pop('markdown', False)
+
+    allowed_attrs = markdown_attrs
+
+    cleaner = functools.partial(bleach.clean,
+                                tags=all_tags,
+                                attributes=allowed_attrs,
+                                css_sanitizer=css_sanitizer,
+                                strip_comments=False, **kwargs)
+
+    if markdown:
+        cleaner = functools.partial(bleach.clean,
+                                    tags=markdown_tags,
+                                    attributes=markdown_attrs,
+                                    css_sanitizer=css_sanitizer,
+                                    strip_comments=False, **kwargs)
+
+    try:
+        return cleaner(text)
+    except Exception:
+        log.exception('Failed to sanitize html')
+        return 'TEXT CANNOT BE PARSED USING HTML SANITIZE'
diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/bleach_whitelist.py b/rhodecode/lib/html_sanitizer_defs.py
rename from rhodecode/lib/bleach_whitelist.py
rename to rhodecode/lib/html_sanitizer_defs.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/bleach_whitelist.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/html_sanitizer_defs.py
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ markdown_tags = [
     "a",
     "input",
     "details",
-    "summary"
+    "summary",
+    "div"
 ]
 
 markdown_attrs = {
diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/markup_renderer.py b/rhodecode/lib/markup_renderer.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/markup_renderer.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/markup_renderer.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import os
 import lxml
 import logging
 import urllib.parse
-import bleach
 import pycmarkgfm
 
 from mako.lookup import TemplateLookup
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ from docutils import writers
 from docutils.writers import html4css1
 import markdown
 
-from rhodecode.lib.utils2 import safe_str, md5_safe, MENTIONS_REGEX
+from rhodecode.lib.utils2 import safe_str, MENTIONS_REGEX
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -271,17 +270,8 @@ class MarkupRenderer(object):
 
     @classmethod
     def sanitize_html(cls, text):
-        # TODO: replace this with https://nh3.readthedocs.io/en/latest
-        # bleach is abandoned and deprecated :/
-
-        from .bleach_whitelist import markdown_attrs, markdown_tags
-        allowed_tags = markdown_tags
-        allowed_attrs = markdown_attrs
-
-        try:
-            return bleach.clean(text, tags=allowed_tags, attributes=allowed_attrs)
-        except Exception:
-            return 'TEXT CANNOT BE PARSED USING SANITIZE'
+        from .html_filters import sanitize_html
+        return sanitize_html(text, markdown=True)
 
     @classmethod
     def renderer_from_filename(cls, filename, exclude):
diff --git a/rhodecode/model/settings.py b/rhodecode/model/settings.py
--- a/rhodecode/model/settings.py
+++ b/rhodecode/model/settings.py
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ import re
 import logging
 import time
 import functools
-import bleach
 from collections import namedtuple
 
 from pyramid.threadlocal import get_current_request
 
 from rhodecode.lib import rc_cache
 from rhodecode.lib.hash_utils import sha1_safe
+from rhodecode.lib.html_filters import sanitize_html
 from rhodecode.lib.utils2 import (
     Optional, AttributeDict, safe_str, remove_prefix, str2bool)
 from rhodecode.lib.vcs.backends import base
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ class IssueTrackerSettingsModel(object):
 
         def url_cleaner(input_str):
             input_str = input_str.replace('"', '').replace("'", '')
-            input_str = bleach.clean(input_str, strip=True)
+            input_str = sanitize_html(input_str, strip=True)
             return input_str
 
         # populate
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ class IssueTrackerSettingsModel(object):
                 'pat_compiled': pat_compiled,
                 'url': url_cleaner(
                     qs.get(self._get_keyname('url', uid, 'rhodecode_')) or ''),
-                'pref': bleach.clean(
+                'pref': sanitize_html(
                     qs.get(self._get_keyname('pref', uid, 'rhodecode_')) or ''),
                 'desc': qs.get(
                     self._get_keyname('desc', uid, 'rhodecode_')),
diff --git a/rhodecode/tests/lib/test_html_sanitizer.py b/rhodecode/tests/lib/test_html_sanitizer.py
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rhodecode/tests/lib/test_html_sanitizer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+
+# Copyright (C) 2010-2023 RhodeCode GmbH
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3
+# (only), as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+# This program is dual-licensed. If you wish to learn more about the
+# RhodeCode Enterprise Edition, including its added features, Support services,
+# and proprietary license terms, please see https://rhodecode.com/licenses/
+
+import pytest
+
+from rhodecode.lib.html_filters import sanitize_html
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "src_html, expected_html",
+    [
+        ('<div>ITEM</div>', '<div>ITEM</div>'),
+        ('<div>ITEM</div> <!-- comment here -->', '<div>ITEM</div> <!-- comment here -->'),
+        ('<div style="not-allowed:true">ITEM</div>', '<div style="">ITEM</div>'),
+        ('<div onload="ACTION">ITEM</div>', '<div>ITEM</div>'),
+        ('<a onload="ACTION" style="color:red">ITEM</a>', '<a style="color:red;">ITEM</a>'),
+        ('<img src="/file.png"></img>', '<img src="/file.png">'),
+        ('<img src="/file.png"></img>', '<img src="/file.png">'),
+    ])
+def test_html_sanitizer_options(src_html, expected_html):
+    parsed_html = sanitize_html(src_html)
+    assert parsed_html == expected_html