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High · 8.7 CVE-2026-83607 EUVD-2026-69217GHSA-w2rr-34g9-rvrj

xmldom: Element name injection via createElement() bypasses requireWellFormed

Published Sep 1, 2026 · Updated Sep 1, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

xmldom is a pure JavaScript W3C standard-based (XML DOM Level 2 Core) DOMParser and XMLSerializer module. Prior to @xmldom/xmldom versions 0.8.14 and 0.9.11, and in xmldom version 0.6.0 and earlier, Document.createElement(tagName) stores an unvalidated element name and XMLSerializer.serializeToString() emits that name verbatim. The requireWellFormed: true path did not validate the element qualified name or synthesized xmlns:PREFIX declaration, so attacker-controlled tag names could inject attributes, elements, or processing instructions into serialized XML or HTML and could cause cross-site scripting when browser-consumed. The unchecked values violate the XML QName constraint, and default serialization and creation-time createElement() behavior remain permissive. This issue is fixed in @xmldom/xmldom versions 0.8.14 and 0.9.11; no fixed version is available for xmldom.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
xmldom xmldom <= 0.6.0 —
@xmldom xmldom >= 0.7.0, < 0.8.14, >= 0.9.0, < 0.9.11 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 node-xmldom 0.9.11-1 —
Debian 13 node-xmldom No fix yet —
Debian 12 node-xmldom No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS node-xmldom No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS node-xmldom No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS node-xmldom No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS node-xmldom No fix yet —

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 python-tensorboard No fix yet —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm @xmldom/xmldom >= 0.9.0, < 0.9.11 0.9.11 GHSA-w2rr-34g9-rvrj
npm @xmldom/xmldom >= 0.7.0, < 0.8.14 0.8.14 GHSA-w2rr-34g9-rvrj
npm xmldom <= 0.6.0 — GHSA-w2rr-34g9-rvrj

Advisories 3

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