XML Injection Affecting @xmldom/xmldom package, versions <0.8.15>=0.9.0-beta.1 <0.9.12


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.35% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-XMLDOMXMLDOM-19498556
  • published2 Sept 2026
  • disclosed1 Sept 2026
  • creditChristian Bewernitz

Introduced: 1 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-83608  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-91  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade @xmldom/xmldom to version 0.8.15, 0.9.12 or higher.

Overview

@xmldom/xmldom is a javascript ponyfill to provide the following APIs that are present in modern browsers to other runtimes. Since version 0.7.0 this package is published to npm as @xmldom/xmldom and no longer as xmldom

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to XML Injection via improper validation of the name property in the DocumentType node when requireWellFormed is set to true. An attacker can inject arbitrary markup into the output by supplying a crafted value to the name property, potentially leading to the injection of sibling elements or manipulation of the document structure.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1