Record summary

CVE-2026-65902 has a selected CVSS score of 5.3 (medium).

Description

DOMPurify before 3.4.7 (affected versions <= 3.4.5) passes direct references to the module-level DEFAULT_ALLOWED_TAGS and DEFAULT_ALLOWED_ATTR sets to the uponSanitizeElement and uponSanitizeAttribute hooks via data.allowedTags / data.allowedAttributes when sanitize is called without an explicit cfg.ALLOWED_TAGS / cfg.ALLOWED_ATTR array. A hook that mutates these fields permanently widens the default allow-lists for the lifetime of the DOMPurify instance, so all subsequent default-config sanitize calls inherit the widened defaults and attacker payloads using the poisoned tag/attribute name survive sanitization. removeAllHooks(), clearConfig(), and passing a fresh cfg do not recover the state; only constructing a new DOMPurify instance does.

Description source: CVE List

Exploitation context

CISA SSVC decision

ExploitationPoC
AutomatableNo
Technical impactPartial

CISA Coordinator · SSVC 2.0.3 · Evaluated Jul 23, 2026 · Source: CVE List

Affected products and versions

2
ProductSourceVersion rangeStatus

Default status: unaffected

CVE ListBefore 3.4.7affected
3.4.7unaffected
GitHub AdvisoryBefore 3.4.7 · Fixed in 3.4.7affected

References

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