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CVE-2026-83615: xmldom: Quadratic-memory consumption

September 8, 2026

When an element declares a namespace prefix, xmldom copies the entire in-scope namespace map into a fresh object and keeps that copy on the element while it is open on the parse stack. A crafted document that nests N elements, each declaring one unique prefix, therefore drives the parser to hold on the order of N(N+1)/2 = O(N²) namespace-map entries at its peak, so a small, highly compressible input exhausts the heap. Parsing runs under default options on untrusted, network-delivered XML, so a sub-megabyte payload can OOM-crash the process before any application-level validation runs — an unauthenticated denial of service.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-965w-775f-mr7g
  • github.com/xmldom/xmldom/commit/954370f58c046223faf95ba77efcbc8ce014409d
  • github.com/xmldom/xmldom/commit/dabffe884e864eeecb1f515c716f875e1bc47ec1
  • github.com/xmldom/xmldom/pull/1071
  • github.com/xmldom/xmldom/pull/1072
  • github.com/xmldom/xmldom/releases/tag/0.8.15
  • github.com/xmldom/xmldom/releases/tag/0.9.12
  • github.com/xmldom/xmldom/security/advisories/GHSA-965w-775f-mr7g
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-83615

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 0.7.0 before 0.8.15, all versions starting from 0.9.0 before 0.9.12

Fixed versions

  • 0.8.15
  • 0.9.12

Solution

Upgrade to versions 0.8.15, 0.9.12 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-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Source file

npm/@xmldom/xmldom/CVE-2026-83615.yml

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