CVE-2026-41673
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
8.7
VIR risk
8.0
Description
xmldom: Uncontrolled recursion in XML serialization leads to DoS
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | affected | |
| debian | bullseye | affected | |
| debian | forky | affected | |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0.9.10-1 |
| debian | trixie | affected | |
| windows | affected | |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | @xmldom/xmldom | <0.8.13 | 0.8.13 |
| npm | @xmldom/xmldom | >=0.9.0,<0.9.10 | 0.9.10 |
| npm | xmldom | <=0.6.0 | |
| NPM | xmldom | <= 0.6.0 | |
| NPM | @xmldom/xmldom | >= 0.9.0, < 0.9.10 | 0.9.10 |
| NPM | @xmldom/xmldom | < 0.8.13 | 0.8.13 |
References
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/commit/17678a2a73ecbd1a2da90f3d47dc23da9cef81aa
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/commit/291257493cb0eb6980eda83b162a9c4e6d7d2597
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/commit/2d6d6916ed8a4c223db1f6d7560ab4544c465b0f
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/commit/430357c7b6333108856e917bf2367afe5ceb6f8a
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/commit/4845ef109221df0890825de2822fbe77afba3afe
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/commit/8834218c85ac2a4d757b9587c9028e67c2f7b6c3
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/commit/8b7cfd1491314abdc347261921d7334ff15f7112
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/commit/b0620383abc1df067f3ce1014c43ae1bc1161eeb
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/commit/e6edcab6bef5bcdba0b220bb35442aa72f452b84
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/releases/tag/0.8.13
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/releases/tag/0.9.10
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/security/advisories/GHSA-2v35-w6hq-6mfw
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41673
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-41673.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-41673
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2v35-w6hq-6mfw
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-41673
CWEs
CWE-674
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