CVE-2026-41674
HIGHxmldom: XML injection through unvalidated DocumentType serialization
Title source: cnaDescription
xmldom is a pure JavaScript W3C standard-based (XML DOM Level 2 Core) `DOMParser` and `XMLSerializer` module. In @xmldom/xmldom prior to versions 0.9.10 and 0.8.13 and xmldom version 0.6.0 and prior, the package serializes DocumentType node fields (internalSubset, publicId, systemId) verbatim without any escaping or validation. When these fields are set programmatically to attacker-controlled strings, XMLSerializer.serializeToString can produce output where the DOCTYPE declaration is terminated early and arbitrary markup appears outside it. This issue has been patched in versions @xmldom/xmldom versions 0.9.10 and 0.8.13.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
X_Refsource_Confirm x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/security/advisories/GHSA-f6ww-3ggp-fr8h
X_Refsource_Misc x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/commit/372008f9ae0e20fd69f761c7b79e202598267314
X_Refsource_Misc x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/releases/tag/0.8.13
X_Refsource_Misc x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/releases/tag/0.9.10
Scores
CVSS v4
8.7
EPSS
0.0002
EPSS Percentile
5.8%
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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-91
Status
published
Products (6)
npm/xmldom
0 - 0.6.0npm
xmldom/xmldom
0 - 0.8.13npm
xmldom/xmldom
0.9.0 - 0.9.10npm
xmldom/xmldom
@xmldom/xmldom < 0.8.13
xmldom/xmldom
@xmldom/xmldom >= 0.9.0, < 0.9.10
xmldom/xmldom
xmldom <= 0.6.0
Published
May 07, 2026
Tracked Since
May 07, 2026