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High · 8.7 CVE-2026-83616 EUVD-2026-69239GHSA-c7q8-3ch8-vqpv

xmldom: Processing Instruction Target Injection 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 0.8.15 and 0.9.12, and in xmldom version 0.6.0 and earlier, Document.createProcessingInstruction(target, data) in lib/dom.js accepts an unvalidated target, while the requireWellFormed: true serializer checks only for a colon and the reserved case-insensitive xml name on 0.9.x and performs no target check on 0.8.x. Because serialization emits <?target data?>, a target containing >, ?, whitespace, or another invalid XML-name character can break the processing-instruction boundary and inject XML structure. This issue is fixed in @xmldom/xmldom versions 0.8.15 and 0.9.12; no fixed version is available for xmldom.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
xmldom xmldom <= 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.

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 —

Azure Linux

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

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm @xmldom/xmldom >= 0.7.0, < 0.8.15 0.8.15 GHSA-c7q8-3ch8-vqpv
npm @xmldom/xmldom >= 0.9.0, < 0.9.12 0.9.12 GHSA-c7q8-3ch8-vqpv
npm xmldom <= 0.6.0 — GHSA-c7q8-3ch8-vqpv

Advisories 3

References