GHSA-cg2g-xh64-v4q7: DOMPurify SAFE_FOR_TEMPLATES bypass: split template expressions survive in attached shadow root content on DOM output modes
When DOMPurify is configured with SAFE_FOR_TEMPLATES: true together with a DOM-returning mode (RETURN_DOM: true, RETURN_DOM_FRAGMENT: true, or IN_PLACE: true), template expressions such as {{...}}, ${...}, and <%...%> survive sanitization inside the text content of an attached shadow root. The post-walk safety net _scrubTemplateExpressions (src/purify.ts:1717) was extended to recurse into <template>.content, but it never recurses into attached shadow roots. An attacker who can supply a DOM node carrying a shadow root (the IN_PLACE and shadow-aware RETURN_DOM surfaces) can split an expression across text nodes separated by disallowed elements; after those elements are removed the fragments become adjacent and serialize into a complete expression that a downstream template engine will evaluate.
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