Description
xmldom is a pure JavaScript W3C standard-based (XML DOM Level 2 Core) DOMParser and XMLSerializer module. Prior to @xmldom/xmldom versions 0.8.15 and 0.9.12, and in xmldom versions 0.1.5 through 0.6.0, appendElement in lib/sax.js uses _copy to clone the complete currentNSMap for each nested element that declares a new namespace prefix. Keeping every ancestor map live on the parse stack creates quadratic peak namespace-map storage, so a small highly compressible XML document can exhaust the process heap before application validation. This issue is fixed in @xmldom/xmldom versions 0.8.15 and 0.9.12; no fixed version is available for xmldom.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| xmldom | xmldom | >= 0.1.5, <= 0.6.0 | — |
| @xmldom | xmldom | >= 0.7.0, < 0.8.15, >= 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.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | node-xmldom | 0.9.12-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | node-xmldom | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 12 | node-xmldom | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
Azure Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azure Linux 3 | python-tensorboard | No fix yet | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| npm | @xmldom/xmldom | >= 0.7.0, < 0.8.15 | 0.8.15 | GHSA-965w-775f-mr7g |
| npm | @xmldom/xmldom | >= 0.9.0, < 0.9.12 | 0.9.12 | GHSA-965w-775f-mr7g |
| npm | xmldom | >= 0.1.5, <= 0.6.0 | — | GHSA-965w-775f-mr7g |
Advisories 3
- WID-SEC-2026-3596 IBM App Connect Enterprise: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 10, 2026
- WID-SEC-2026-3623 IBM DataPower Gateway: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Oct 18, 2026
- NCSC-2026-0431 Kwetsbaarheden verholpen in IBM DataPower Gateway en onderliggende componenten NCSC-NL (Netherlands) · Oct 16, 2026
References
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/security/advisories/GHSA-965w-775f-mr7g
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/pull/1071
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/pull/1072
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/commit/954370f58c046223faf95ba77efcbc8ce014409d
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/commit/dabffe884e864eeecb1f515c716f875e1bc47ec1
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/releases/tag/0.8.15
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/releases/tag/0.9.12