CVE-2026-83609 PUBLISHED

xmldom: Creation-time XML Name/QName validation is bypassable via an embedded line terminator, allowing injection on the default serialization path

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 31.08.2026 Published: 01.09.2026 Updated: 01.09.2026

xmldom is a pure JavaScript W3C standard-based (XML DOM Level 2 Core) DOMParser and XMLSerializer module. From 0.9.0 until 0.9.12, the shared reg() builder in lib/grammar.js compiles the anchored QName_exact validator with the multiline flag, so ^ and $ validate only one line instead of the complete name. createElementNS, createAttributeNS, createDocumentType, and createAttribute consequently accept a malformed XML name whose first line is valid and whose later text injects markup when serialized through either the default path or requireWellFormed: true. The triggering ECMAScript line terminators are U+000A, U+000D, U+2028, and U+2029. This issue is fixed in @xmldom/xmldom version 0.9.12.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: 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
CVSS Score: 8.7

Product Status

Vendor xmldom
Product xmldom
Versions
  • Version >= 0.9.0, < 0.9.12 is affected
Vendor @xmldom
Product xmldom
Versions
  • Version >= 0.9.0, < 0.9.12 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-91: XML Injection (aka Blind XPath Injection) CWE
  • CWE-625: Permissive Regular Expression CWE