High 8.7Published Sep 1, 2026

CVE-2026-83617xmldom: requireWellFormed element/attribute name validation is bypassable via an embedded line terminator

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 10:00 UTC)

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xmldom is a pure JavaScript W3C standard-based (XML DOM Level 2 Core) DOMParser and XMLSerializer module. From 0.9.11 until 0.9.12, the requireWellFormed: true element and attribute name checks use the anchored QName_exact expression produced by reg() in lib/grammar.js, which inherits the multiline flag. A name with a valid first line followed by U+000A, U+000D, U+2028, or U+2029 and breakout markup therefore passes validation and is emitted verbatim in element start and end tags or attribute names. This bypasses the strict-serialization checks introduced for the earlier element-name and attribute-name injection advisories, while the default serialization path remains outside the strict guarantee. This issue is fixed in @xmldom/xmldom version 0.9.12.

CVSS: 8.7 HIGH (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-91, CWE-625
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Sep 1, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

xmldom xmldom xmldom:xmldom (from the name)	from 0.9.11, < 0.9.12	CNA record

References

https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/security/advisories/GHSA-jxjr-3g7g-3944x-refsource-confirm
https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/pull/1071x-refsource-misc
https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/commit/7b2ec67e1750daadd0bb06c92e875e726544a362x-refsource-misc
https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/releases/tag/0.9.12x-refsource-misc

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