# CVE-2026-41673: xmldom: Denial of service via uncontrolled recursion in XML serialization

- Also known as: GHSA-2V35-W6HQ-6MFW
- Severity: CVSS 8.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.8.13, 0.9.10
- Published: 2026-05-07 · Updated: 2026-08-28

## Affected

- xmldom: xmldom \<= 0.6.0, @xmldom/xmldom \< 0.8.13
- @xmldom/xmldom (npm): fixed in 0.8.13
- @xmldom/xmldom (npm): from 0.9.0, fixed in 0.9.10
- xmldom (npm): through 0.6.0

## Description

xmldom is a pure JavaScript W3C standard-based (XML DOM Level 2 Core) `DOMParser` and `XMLSerializer` module. In @xmldom/xmldom prior to versions 0.9.10 and 0.8.13 and xmldom version 0.6.0 and prior, seven recursive traversals in lib/dom.js operate without a depth limit. A sufficiently deeply nested DOM tree causes a RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded, crashing the application. This issue has been patched in versions @xmldom/xmldom versions 0.9.10 and 0.8.13.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on xmldom, @xmldom/xmldom, upgrade to a fixed version (0.8.13, 0.9.10) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/security/advisories/GHSA-2v35-w6hq-6mfw
- 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

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