7.5highHigh
CVE-2026-41672
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 allows attacker-controlled comment content to be serialized into XML without validating or neutralizing comment-breaking sequences. As a result, an attacker can terminate the comment early and inject arbitrary XML nodes into the serialized output. This issue has been patched in versions @xmldom/xmldom versions 0.9.10 and 0.8.13.
What the metrics mean
- It is reachable over a network, without needing local access.
- For an attacker who can reach it, no special conditions are needed to exploit it.
- To exploit it, no account is needed.
- Beyond that, no action by a user is required.
Scoring
- CVSS
- 7.5 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N- CVSS v4
- 8.7
- Weakness
- CWE-91
- Assigned by
- security-advisories@github.com
Dates
- Published
- 2026-05-07
- Last modified
- 2026-08-28
- Sources
- NVD
References
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/commit/b397540889086da868c30c366ad5c220d1a750c7
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/commit/fda7cc313de30243fea35cada64e0bb12099c2a1
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/pull/987
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/releases/tag/0.8.13
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/releases/tag/0.9.10
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/security/advisories/GHSA-j759-j44w-7fr8
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26234
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60520
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-41672
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2467631
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/security/advisories/GHSA-j759-j44w-7fr8
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-41672.json