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CVE-2026-83618: xmldom: requireWellFormed DocType publicId/systemId validation is bypassable via an embedded line terminator

September 8, 2026

An embedded line terminator bypasses the requireWellFormed serializer check for a DocumentType’s publicId and systemId. The check was added to fix GHSA-f6ww-3ggp-fr8h; an id whose first line is a valid literal slips past it and is emitted verbatim into the <!DOCTYPE …> declaration, so the markup after the line terminator breaks out into the surrounding document. Callers who enabled requireWellFormed to neutralize DocumentType injection remain exposed.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-vr34-hp96-76pp
  • github.com/xmldom/xmldom/commit/7b2ec67e1750daadd0bb06c92e875e726544a362
  • github.com/xmldom/xmldom/pull/1071
  • github.com/xmldom/xmldom/releases/tag/0.9.12
  • github.com/xmldom/xmldom/security/advisories/GHSA-vr34-hp96-76pp
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-83618

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 0.9.10 before 0.9.12

Fixed versions

  • 0.9.12

Solution

Upgrade to version 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:H/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-625: Permissive Regular Expression
  • CWE-91: XML Injection (aka Blind XPath Injection)

Source file

npm/@xmldom/xmldom/CVE-2026-83618.yml

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