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

September 8, 2026

@xmldom/xmldom’s processing-instruction (PI) grammar regex exhibits quadratic-time backtracking (ReDoS) when parsing an unterminated processing instruction. A single small XML document containing <? + a target + a long run of whitespace and no closing ?> forces the regular expression engine into O(n²) work, stalling the Node.js event loop. The input is parsed with DOMParser.parseFromString under default options, so it is reachable from unauthenticated, network-delivered XML (SOAP/SAML, webhooks, uploads, XML APIs).

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-g53g-w8rj-fmg7
  • github.com/xmldom/xmldom/commit/73df6b8bdbd86f904b9e8c3ab9c49aa54ef2802e
  • github.com/xmldom/xmldom/pull/1039
  • github.com/xmldom/xmldom/releases/tag/0.9.11
  • github.com/xmldom/xmldom/security/advisories/GHSA-g53g-w8rj-fmg7
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-83606

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 0.9.0-beta.9 before 0.9.11

Fixed versions

  • 0.9.11

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.9.11 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-1333: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Source file

npm/@xmldom/xmldom/CVE-2026-83606.yml

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