CVE-2026-83616

xmldom is a pure JavaScript W3C standard-based (XML DOM Level 2 Core) DOMParser and XMLSerializer module. Prior to @xmldom/xmldom versions 0.8.15 and 0.9.12, and in xmldom version 0.6.0 and earlier, Document.createProcessingInstruction(target, data) in lib/dom.js accepts an unvalidated target, while the requireWellFormed: true serializer checks only for a colon and the reserved case-insensitive xml name on 0.9.x and performs no target check on 0.8.x. Because serialization emits <?target data?>, a target containing >, ?, whitespace, or another invalid XML-name character can break the processing-instruction boundary and inject XML structure. This issue is fixed in @xmldom/xmldom versions 0.8.15 and 0.9.12; no fixed version is available for xmldom.

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/commit/1cde3e31a07c41c87cfd368d6946aa477f16b4f9
https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/commit/3b694872bcb5c7e3cbadba961a4be2488750ce5b
https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/pull/1071
https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/pull/1072
https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/releases/tag/0.8.15
https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/releases/tag/0.9.12
https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/security/advisories/GHSA-c7q8-3ch8-vqpv
https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/security/advisories/GHSA-c7q8-3ch8-vqpv

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-09-01 15:17

Updated : 2026-09-08 21:11

NVD link : CVE-2026-83616

Mitre link : CVE-2026-83616

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-83616

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-91

XML Injection (aka Blind XPath Injection)

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