UBUNTU-CVE-2026-83607 (CVE-2026-83607)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2026-09-01 15:17 – Updated: 2026-09-16 11:43 – Source website
VLAI
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xmldom is a pure JavaScript W3C standard-based (XML DOM Level 2 Core) DOMParser and XMLSerializer module. Prior to @xmldom/xmldom versions 0.8.14 and 0.9.11, and in xmldom version 0.6.0 and earlier, Document.createElement(tagName) stores an unvalidated element name and XMLSerializer.serializeToString() emits that name verbatim. The requireWellFormed: true path did not validate the element qualified name or synthesized xmlns:PREFIX declaration, so attacker-controlled tag names could inject attributes, elements, or processing instructions into serialized XML or HTML and could cause cross-site scripting when browser-consumed. The unchecked values violate the XML QName constraint, and default serialization and creation-time createElement() behavior remain permissive. This issue is fixed in @xmldom/xmldom versions 0.8.14 and 0.9.11; no fixed version is available for xmldom.

Severity
8.7 (High)
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
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "xmldom is a pure JavaScript W3C standard-based (XML DOM Level 2 Core) DOMParser and XMLSerializer module. Prior to @xmldom/xmldom versions 0.8.14 and 0.9.11, and in xmldom version 0.6.0 and earlier, Document.createElement(tagName) stores an unvalidated element name and XMLSerializer.serializeToString() emits that name verbatim. The requireWellFormed: true path did not validate the element qualified name or synthesized xmlns:PREFIX declaration, so attacker-controlled tag names could inject attributes, elements, or processing instructions into serialized XML or HTML and could cause cross-site scripting when browser-consumed. The unchecked values violate the XML QName constraint, and default serialization and creation-time createElement() behavior remain permissive. This issue is fixed in @xmldom/xmldom versions 0.8.14 and 0.9.11; no fixed version is available for xmldom.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-83607",
  "modified": "2026-09-16T11:43:10Z",
  "published": "2026-09-01T15:17:00Z",
  "references": [
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-83607"
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      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-83607"
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      "url": "https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/security/advisories/GHSA-w2rr-34g9-rvrj"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/pull/1043"
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      "score": "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",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
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      "score": "medium",
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  ]
}



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