CVE-2026-83612

High

Description

xmldom is a pure JavaScript W3C standard-based (XML DOM Level 2 Core) DOMParser and XMLSerializer module. From 0.9.0-beta.1 until 0.9.12, HTML-mode parsing through DOMParser.parseFromString() mishandles a mixed-case closing tag for the script, style, textarea, or title raw-text elements. parseHtmlSpecialContent, selected by isHTMLRawTextElement or isHTMLEscapableRawTextElement, uses a case-sensitive indexOf() and then calls substring() with a missing-close result of negative one, causing unstable parser progression and quadratic output amplification. A small untrusted text/html document can consequently consume disproportionate CPU and memory when parsed and serialized. This issue is fixed in @xmldom/xmldom version 0.9.12.

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.7
Exploit probability—
Product@xmldom/xmldom
PublishedSep 1, 2026
First seenSep 1, 2026

How to fix

Update
  • @xmldom/xmldom0.9.12 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
@xmldom/xmldomnpm0.9.0-beta.1 ≤ v < 0.9.120.9.12

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