DOMPurify: `CUSTOM_ELEMENT_HANDLING` bypasses `afterSanitizeElements` for allowed custom elements.
## Summary There is a possible hook-policy inconsistency in DOMPurify 3.4.11 involving `CUSTOM_ELEMENT_HANDLING`. When a custom element is allowed via `CUSTOM_ELEMENT_HANDLING.tagNameCheck`, it appears that the element does not go through `afterSanitizeElements` in the same way as a normal element. As a result, an application that relies on `afterSanitizeElements` as a security policy layer to strip sensitive attributes from all elements may see those attributes removed from normal elements but preserved on allowed custom elements. This does not appear to be a direct DOMPurify XSS or a case where DOMPurify directly allows executable payloads. The preserved value is still inert at sanitize time. The issue becomes relevant when the allowed custom element later re-injects that attribute value into an HTML sink such as `innerHTML`, creating a second-order XSS gadget. ## Details The issue appears to originate from the control flow in `src/purify.ts`: line 1672~1691 ```tsx const _sanitizeDisallowedNode = function ( currentNode: any, tagName: string ): boolean { /* Check if we have a custom element to handle */ if (!FORBID_TAGS[tagName] && _isBasicCustomElement(tagName)) { if ( CUSTOM_ELEMENT_HANDLING.tagNameCheck instanceof RegExp && regExpTest(CUSTOM_ELEMENT_HANDLING.tagNameCheck, tagName) ) { return false; } if ( CUSTOM_ELEMENT_HANDLING.tagNameCheck instanceof Function && CUSTOM_ELEMENT_HANDLING.tagNameCheck(tagName) ) { return false; } } ``` `CUSTOM_ELEMENT_HANDLING` is parsed f
GHSA-c2j3-45gr-mqc4
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Security context
Source reference: osv:GHSA-c2j3-45gr-mqc4
dompurify
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- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- 3.4.12
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Structured affected-version data
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"ranges": [
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"type": "SEMVER",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "3.4.12"
}
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],
"package": {
"name": "dompurify",
"purl": "pkg:npm/dompurify",
"ecosystem": "npm"
},
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/07/GHSA-c2j3-45gr-mqc4/GHSA-c2j3-45gr-mqc4.json",
"last_known_affected_version_range": "<= 3.4.11"
}
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-66010
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/aliases
Publisher severity
low
Source reference: /database_specific/severity
- Event
- #71474 · Revision 1
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