# CVE-2026-41240: DOMPurify: FORBID\_TAGS bypassed by function-based ADD\_TAGS predicate (asymmetry with FORBID\_ATTR fix)

- Also known as: GHSA-H7MW-GPVR-XQ4M
- Severity: CVSS 6.0 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.4.0
- Published: 2026-04-23 · Updated: 2026-04-23

## Affected

- cure53 DOMPurify: fixed in 3.4.0
- dompurify (npm): fixed in 3.4.0

## Description

DOMPurify is a DOM-only cross-site scripting sanitizer for HTML, MathML, and SVG. Versions prior to 3.4.0 have an inconsistency between FORBID_TAGS and FORBID_ATTR handling when function-based ADD_TAGS is used. Commit c361baa added an early exit for FORBID_ATTR at line 1214. The same fix was not applied to FORBID_TAGS. At line 1118-1123, when EXTRA_ELEMENT_HANDLING.tagCheck returns true, the short-circuit evaluation skips the FORBID_TAGS check entirely. This allows forbidden elements to survive sanitization with their attributes intact. Version 3.4.0 patches the issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on cure53 DOMPurify, dompurify, upgrade to a fixed version (3.4.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/security/advisories/GHSA-h7mw-gpvr-xq4m
- https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/commit/c361baa18dbdcb3344a41110f4c48ad85bf48f80
- https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/releases/tag/3.4.0

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