CVE-2026-73569 PUBLISHED

fast-xml-parser: Repeated DOCTYPE declarations reset entity expansion limits

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 12.08.2026 Published: 13.08.2026 Updated: 13.08.2026

fast-xml-parser allows users to process XML from JS object without C/C++ based libraries or callbacks. From 5.9.3 until 5.10.1, src/xmlparser/OrderedObjParser.js processes multiple DOCTYPE declarations within a single XML document and passes each declaration's entities through addInputEntities(). addInputEntities() resets maxTotalExpansions and maxExpandedLength every time it is called, allowing additional DOCTYPE declarations to repeatedly reset the configured entity-expansion limits during one parse operation. A crafted XML document can then cause excessive CPU use, event-loop blocking, memory exhaustion, and process termination. This issue is fixed in version 5.10.1.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.7

Product Status

Vendor NaturalIntelligence
Product fast-xml-parser
Versions
  • Version >= 5.9.3, < 5.10.1 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-776: Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion') CWE