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CVE-2026-83606

CVE-2026-83606 · xmldom PI grammar regex ReDoS: quadratic backtracking on unterminated processing instructions

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xmldom is a pure JavaScript W3C standard-based (XML DOM Level 2 Core) DOMParser and XMLSerializer module. From 0.9.0-beta.9 until 0.9.11, the processing-instruction production in lib/grammar.js lets the greedy S+ separator and lazy Char*? data group repeatedly repartition a long whitespace tail when the required closing ?> is absent. Both parsePI and parseProcessingInstruction apply the expression to the entire remaining source, causing quadratic backtracking during DOMParser.parseFromString() under default options and allowing a small unauthenticated XML input to stall the Node.js event loop. This issue is fixed in @xmldom/xmldom version 0.9.11.

CVSS 8.7 · High · EPSS 0.5% · Fix available

Published
Updated

Stack: system · node

Affected products and versions

  • xmldom

    Versions
    • >= 0.9.0-beta.9, < 0.9.11: Affected

    No fix published

  • node-xmldom Debian:12

    Versions
    • 0.8.6-1
    • 0.9.10-1
    • 0.9.10-2
    • 0.9.11-1
    • 0.9.12-1
    • 0.9.5-1
    • 0.9.6-1
    • 0.9.8-1
    • 0.9.8-2
    • 0.9.9-1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • node-xmldom Debian:13

    Versions
    • 0.9.10-1
    • 0.9.10-2
    • 0.9.11-1
    • 0.9.12-1
    • 0.9.6-1
    • 0.9.8-1
    • 0.9.8-2
    • 0.9.9-1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • node-xmldom Debian:14

    Versions
    • 0.9.10-1
    • 0.9.10-2
    • 0.9.6-1
    • 0.9.8-1
    • 0.9.8-2
    • 0.9.9-1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 0.9.11-1

    Update to 0.9.11-1

  • @xmldom/xmldom npm

    Affected ranges
    • SEMVER: ≥ 0.9.0-beta.9, < 0.9.11

    Update to 0.9.11

  • node-xmldom Ubuntu:20.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 0.1.27+ds-1
    • 0.1.27+ds-1+deb10u2build0.20.04.1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • node-xmldom Ubuntu:22.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 0.5.0-1
    • 0.7.3-1
    • 0.7.5-1
    • 0.7.5-1ubuntu0.22.04.1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • node-xmldom Ubuntu:24.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 0.8.6-1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • node-xmldom Ubuntu:26.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 0.9.6-1
    • 0.9.8-1
    • 0.9.8-2
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

Original sources

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