diff --git a/gcp/website/frontend_emulator.py b/gcp/website/frontend_emulator.py
index 98018b8c3ec..0a49a64beab 100644
--- a/gcp/website/frontend_emulator.py
+++ b/gcp/website/frontend_emulator.py
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ def _dict_to_vuln(data: object,
         if not vuln_id:
           return None
 
-        vulnerability = vulnerability_pb2.Vulnerability()
         try:
-          json_format.ParseDict(data, vulnerability, ignore_unknown_fields=True)
+          vulnerability = sources.parse_vulnerability_from_dict(
+              data, strict=False)
         except Exception as error:
           print(f'[emulator] Failed to convert entry in {path}: {error}')
           return None
diff --git a/gcp/website/frontend_handlers.py b/gcp/website/frontend_handlers.py
index 57cf65171cf..f1e6ea550ad 100644
--- a/gcp/website/frontend_handlers.py
+++ b/gcp/website/frontend_handlers.py
@@ -834,6 +834,9 @@ def sort_versions(versions: list[str], ecosystem: str) -> list[str]:
 # with
 # <a href="https://chromium.googlesource.com/v8/v8.git/+/refs/heads/beta">
 _URL_MARKDOWN_REPLACER = re.compile(r'(<a href=\".*?)(/ /)(.*?\">)')
+_ANCHOR_TAG_REPLACER = re.compile(
+    r'<a\s+[^>]*name=["\'][^"\']*["\'][^>]*>\s*</a>|<a\s+[^>]*name=["\'][^"\']*["\'][^>]*/>',  # pylint: disable=line-too-long
+    re.IGNORECASE)
 
 
 @blueprint.app_template_filter('markdown')
@@ -852,6 +855,9 @@ def markdown(text):
     # space rather than %2B
     # See: https://github.com/trentm/python-markdown2/issues/621
     md = _URL_MARKDOWN_REPLACER.sub(r'\1/+/\3', md)
+    # Removes empty anchor tags that cause visual artifacts in rendered markdown
+    # See: https://github.com/google/osv.dev/issues/4237
+    md = _ANCHOR_TAG_REPLACER.sub('', md)
 
     return md