node-xmldom — security advisory
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.createEntityReference(name) accepts an invalid name and the ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE serializer emits the resulting nodeName directly in &name; form. Directly serializing the node or fragment with XMLSerializer.serializeToString() and requireWellFormed: true can therefore break the entity-reference boundary and produce attacker-controlled XML markup when reparsed. The parser does not ordinarily create these nodes, and element-child insertion is rejected, so exploitation requires an application to create and directly serialize an EntityReference. This issue is fixed in @xmldom/xmldom versions 0.8.15 and 0.9.12; no fixed version is available for xmldom.
- Products
- node-xmldom
- Affected versions
- 0.1.27+ds-1, 0.1.27+ds-1+deb10u2build0.20.04.1, 0.5.0-1, 0.7.3-1, 0.7.5-1, 0.7.5-1ubuntu0.22.04.1, 0.8.6-1, 0.9.10-2, 0.9.11-1, 0.9.6-1, 0.9.8-1, 0.9.8-2
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-83610
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 03:21 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.createEntityReference(name) accepts an invalid name and the ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE serializer emits the resulting nodeName directly in &name; form. Directly serializing the node or fragment with XMLSerializer.serializeToString() and requireWellFormed: true can therefore break the entity-reference boundary and produce attacker-controlled XML markup when reparsed. The parser does not ordinarily create these nodes, and element-child insertion is rejected, so exploitation requires an application to create and directly serialize an EntityReference. This issue is fixed in @xmldom/xmldom versions 0.8.15 and 0.9.12; no fixed version is available for xmldom.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-83610
node-xmldom
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node-xmldom
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node-xmldom
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node-xmldom
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node-xmldom
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Complete source record
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