# CVE-2026-65899: DOMPurify before 3.4.9 Trusted Types Policy State Contamination

- Also known as: GHSA-VXR8-FQ34-VVX9
- Severity: CVSS 5.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.4.9
- Published: 2026-07-23 · Updated: 2026-10-08

## Affected

- cure53 DOMPurify: fixed in 3.4.9
- dompurify (npm): fixed in 3.4.9

## Description

DOMPurify 3.0.0 before 3.4.9 does not reset the retained Trusted Types policy when clearConfig() is called, so a DOMPurify instance reused across trust boundaries stays bound to a previously supplied TRUSTED_TYPES_POLICY. A later caller that requests RETURN_TRUSTED_TYPE output receives a TrustedHTML object created by the old (potentially unsafe) policy rather than a clean default, which can lead to script execution at a Trusted Types sink. Passing TRUSTED_TYPES_POLICY: null on the later call also does not clear the retained policy.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on cure53 DOMPurify, dompurify, upgrade to a fixed version (3.4.9) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/security/advisories/GHSA-vxr8-fq34-vvx9
- https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/commit/825e617753ac1169306a542d3174a77f717a0cf6
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/dompurify-before-trusted-types-policy-state-contamination

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