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High · 8.7 CVE-2026-83609 EUVD-2026-69220GHSA-3px3-54cx-rmw9

xmldom: Creation-time XML Name/QName validation is bypassable via an embedded line terminator, allowing injection on the default serialization path

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. From 0.9.0 until 0.9.12, the shared reg() builder in lib/grammar.js compiles the anchored QName_exact validator with the multiline flag, so ^ and $ validate only one line instead of the complete name. createElementNS, createAttributeNS, createDocumentType, and createAttribute consequently accept a malformed XML name whose first line is valid and whose later text injects markup when serialized through either the default path or requireWellFormed: true. The triggering ECMAScript line terminators are U+000A, U+000D, U+2028, and U+2029. This issue is fixed in @xmldom/xmldom version 0.9.12.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
xmldom xmldom >= 0.9.0, < 0.9.12 —
@xmldom xmldom >= 0.9.0, < 0.9.12 —

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 0.9.12-1 —
Debian 13 node-xmldom No fix yet —
Debian 12 node-xmldom No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 node-xmldom No fix yet —
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 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm @xmldom/xmldom >= 0.9.0, < 0.9.12 0.9.12 GHSA-3px3-54cx-rmw9

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