7.5highHigh
CVE-2026-41674
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.
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
- 2026-08-26
- Sources
- NVD
References
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/commit/372008f9ae0e20fd69f761c7b79e202598267314
- 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-f6ww-3ggp-fr8h
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20034
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21338
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21703
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26234
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-41674
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2467620
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/security/advisories/GHSA-f6ww-3ggp-fr8h
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-41674.json