diff --git a/src/services/html_sanitizer.spec.ts b/src/services/html_sanitizer.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f5888380
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/html_sanitizer.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import html_sanitizer from "./html_sanitizer.js";
+import { trimIndentation } from "../../spec/support/utils.js";
+
+describe("sanitize", () => {
+    it("filters out position inline CSS", () => {
+        const dirty = `<div style="z-index:999999999;margin:0px;left:250px;height:100px;display:table;background:none;position:fixed;top:250px;"></div>`;
+        const clean = `<div></div>`;
+        expect(html_sanitizer.sanitize(dirty)).toBe(clean);
+    });
+
+    it("keeps inline styles defined in CKEDitor", () => {
+        const dirty = trimIndentation`\
+            <p>
+                <span style="color:hsl(0, 0%, 90%);">
+                    Hi
+                </span>
+
+                <span style="background-color:hsl(30, 75%, 60%);">
+                    there
+                </span>
+            </p>
+            <figure class="table" style="float:left;height:800px;width:600px;">
+                <table style="background-color:hsl(0, 0%, 90%);border-color:hsl(0, 0%, 0%);border-style:dotted;">
+                    <tbody>
+                        <tr>
+                            <td style="border:2px groove hsl(60, 75%, 60%);"></td>
+                        </tr>
+                    </tbody>
+                </table>
+            </figure>`;
+    const clean = trimIndentation`\
+            <p>
+                <span style="color:hsl(0, 0%, 90%)">
+                    Hi
+                </span>
+
+                <span style="background-color:hsl(30, 75%, 60%)">
+                    there
+                </span>
+            </p>
+            <figure class="table" style="float:left;height:800px;width:600px">
+                <table style="background-color:hsl(0, 0%, 90%);border-color:hsl(0, 0%, 0%);border-style:dotted">
+                    <tbody>
+                        <tr>
+                            <td style="border:2px groove hsl(60, 75%, 60%)"></td>
+                        </tr>
+                    </tbody>
+                </table>
+            </figure>`;
+        expect(html_sanitizer.sanitize(dirty)) .toBe(clean);
+    });
+});
diff --git a/src/services/html_sanitizer.ts b/src/services/html_sanitizer.ts
index 3acfde469..35e04c0b7 100644
--- a/src/services/html_sanitizer.ts
+++ b/src/services/html_sanitizer.ts
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ function sanitize(dirtyHtml: string) {
         allowedTags = DEFAULT_ALLOWED_TAGS;
     }
 
+    const colorRegex = [/^#(0x)?[0-9a-f]+$/i, /^rgb\(\s*(\d{1,3})\s*,\s*(\d{1,3})\s*,\s*(\d{1,3})\s*\)$/, /^hsl\(\s*(\d{1,3})\s*,\s*(\d{1,3})%\s*,\s*(\d{1,3})%\s*\)$/];
+    const sizeRegex = [/^\d+(?:px|em|%)$/];
+
     // to minimize document changes, compress H
     return sanitizeHtml(dirtyHtml, {
         allowedTags,
@@ -148,6 +151,24 @@ function sanitize(dirtyHtml: string) {
             "*": ["class", "style", "title", "src", "href", "hash", "disabled", "align", "alt", "center", "data-*"],
             input: ["type", "checked"]
         },
+        allowedStyles: {
+            "*": {
+                "color": colorRegex,
+                "background-color": colorRegex
+            },
+            "figure": {
+                "float": [ /^\s*(left|right|none)\s*$/ ],
+                "width": sizeRegex,
+                "height": sizeRegex
+            },
+            "table": {
+                "border-color": colorRegex,
+                "border-style": [ /^\s*(none|hidden|dotted|dashed|solid|double|groove|ridge|inset|outset)\s*$/ ]
+            },
+            "td": {
+                "border": [ /^\s*\d+(?:px|em|%)\s*(none|hidden|dotted|dashed|solid|double|groove|ridge|inset|outset)\s*(#(0x)?[0-9a-fA-F]+|rgb\(\s*(\d{1,3})\s*,\s*(\d{1,3})\s*,\s*(\d{1,3})\s*\)|hsl\(\s*(\d{1,3})\s*,\s*(\d{1,3})%\s*,\s*(\d{1,3})%\))\s*$/ ]
+            }
+        },
         allowedSchemes: ALLOWED_PROTOCOLS,
         nonTextTags: ["head"],
         transformTags