Description
xmldom is a pure JavaScript W3C standard-based (XML DOM Level 2 Core) `DOMParser` and `XMLSerializer` module. xmldom parses XML that is not well-formed because it contains multiple top level elements, and adds all root nodes to the `childNodes` collection of the `Document`, without reporting any error or throwing. This breaks the assumption that there is only a single root node in the tree, which led to issuance of CVE-2022-39299 as it is a potential issue for dependents. Update to @xmldom/xmldom@~0.7.7, @xmldom/xmldom@~0.8.4 (dist-tag latest) or @xmldom/xmldom@>=0.9.0-beta.4 (dist-tag next). As a workaround, please one of the following approaches depending on your use case: instead of searching for elements in the whole DOM, only search in the `documentElement`or reject a document with a document that has more then 1 `childNode`.
Published: 2022-11-02
Score: 9.4 Critical
EPSS: 1.0% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3260-1 node-xmldom security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-7316 xmldom is a pure JavaScript W3C standard-based (XML DOM Level 2 Core) `DOMParser` and `XMLSerializer` module. xmldom parses XML that is not well-formed because it contains multiple top level elements, and adds all root nodes to the `childNodes` collection of the `Document`, without reporting any error or throwing. This breaks the assumption that there is only a single root node in the tree, which led to issuance of CVE-2022-39299 as it is a potential issue for dependents. Update to @xmldom/xmldom@~0.7.7, @xmldom/xmldom@~0.8.4 (dist-tag latest) or @xmldom/xmldom@>=0.9.0-beta.4 (dist-tag next). As a workaround, please one of the following approaches depending on your use case: instead of searching for elements in the whole DOM, only search in the `documentElement`or reject a document with a document that has more then 1 `childNode`.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-crh6-fp67-6883 xmldom allows multiple root nodes in a DOM
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6102-1 xmldom vulnerabilities
History

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 18:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Debian Debian Linux
Xmldom Project Xmldom
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2025-04-22T17:16:38.092Z

Reserved: 2022-09-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-39353

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:00:44.144Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-02T17:15:17.387

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:18:06.040

Link: CVE-2022-39353

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2022-11-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-39353 - Bugzilla

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