{"id":"CVE-2026-83614","title":"xmldom is a pure JavaScript W3C standard-based (XML DOM Level 2 Core) DOMParser and XMLSerializer module","summary":"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 versions 0.3.0 through 0.6.0, two independent quadratic paths can…","severity":"high","cwe":["CWE-400","CWE-407","CWE-1333"],"vendor":"xmldom","product":"@xmldom/xmldom","affected":["@xmldom/xmldom >= 0.7.0, <= 0.8.14","@xmldom/xmldom >= 0.9.0, <= 0.9.11","xmldom >= 0.3.0, <= 0.6.0"],"patched":["@xmldom/xmldom 0.8.15","@xmldom/xmldom 0.9.12"],"published":"2026-09-01","updated":"2026-09-08","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-08T21:11:31.703","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-83614","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/commit/0748720b620555f8c222782dcab575cf0cf403b4","label":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/commit/f40ccb861eee0acbf5ee4feb9a34932e87b329c9","label":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/pull/1071","label":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/pull/1072","label":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/releases/tag/0.8.15","label":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/releases/tag/0.9.12","label":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/security/advisories/GHSA-93r5-fhx6-vmg9","label":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-83614"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-93r5-fhx6-vmg9"},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-83614.json"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-83614"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2526826"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-83614"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:69248"}],"tags":["nvd","ghsa","npm","csaf","vex","red-hat"],"aliases":["GHSA-93r5-fhx6-vmg9"],"ecosystem":"npm","epss":0.0059,"epssPercentile":0.45926,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-08T21:11:12.321Z","cvss":7.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cvssSource":"vendor","slug":"CVE-2026-83614","body":"## Overview\n\nxmldom 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 versions 0.3.0 through 0.6.0, two independent quadratic paths can cause denial of service. In lib/sax.js, parseElementStartPart repeatedly rescans a malformed tag name to the next > during single-character recovery; in lib/dom.js, normalize() repeatedly removes and appends adjacent text nodes, causing quadratic reindexing and string rebuilding. The first path is reachable through default DOMParser.parseFromString() processing, while the second is also reachable through a direct normalize() call on a programmatically constructed DOM, and endDocument invokes that normalization after parsing. This issue is fixed in @xmldom/xmldom versions 0.8.15 and 0.9.12; no fixed version is available for xmldom.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.\n\n## Package advisory (CVE-2026-83614)\n\nAffected packages:\n\n- `@xmldom/xmldom >= 0.7.0, <= 0.8.14`\n- `@xmldom/xmldom >= 0.9.0, <= 0.9.11`\n- `xmldom >= 0.3.0, <= 0.6.0`\n\nPatched in:\n\n- `@xmldom/xmldom 0.8.15`\n- `@xmldom/xmldom 0.9.12`\n\nSource: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-93r5-fhx6-vmg9\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **Red Hat VEX** · Important · affected: Red Hat Build of Podman Desktop, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat Fuse 7, Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI), Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 · no fix planned: Red Hat Build of Podman Desktop, Red Hat Fuse 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, … · updated 2026-09-21 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-83614.json)\n- **RHSA-2026:69248** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Developer Hub 1.9 · released 2026-09-21 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:69248)","depth":"twilight","depthScore":41,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":41.3,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":206405,"id":"CVE-2026-83614","ts":1789663224920,"field":"cvss","old":null,"new":"7.5"}]}