# CVE-2026-65902: DOMPurify before 3.4.7 Hook Mutation Pollution via allowedTags

- Also known as: GHSA-76MC-F452-CXCM
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.4.7
- Published: 2026-07-23 · Updated: 2026-10-29

## Affected

- cure53 DOMPurify: fixed in 3.4.7
- dompurify (npm): fixed in 3.4.7

## Description

DOMPurify before 3.4.7 passes direct references to the module-level DEFAULT_ALLOWED_TAGS and DEFAULT_ALLOWED_ATTR sets to the uponSanitizeElement and uponSanitizeAttribute hooks via data.allowedTags / data.allowedAttributes when sanitize is called without an explicit cfg.ALLOWED_TAGS / cfg.ALLOWED_ATTR array. A hook that mutates these fields permanently widens the default allow-lists for the lifetime of the DOMPurify instance, so all subsequent default-config sanitize calls inherit the widened defaults and attacker payloads using the poisoned tag/attribute name survive sanitization. removeAllHooks(), clearConfig(), and passing a fresh cfg do not recover the state; only constructing a new DOMPurify instance does.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on cure53 DOMPurify, dompurify, upgrade to a fixed version (3.4.7) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/security/advisories/GHSA-76mc-f452-cxcm
- https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/commit/7996f1dc78eb8b7922388aed75d94a9f8fad9a36
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/dompurify-before-hook-mutation-pollution-via-allowedtags

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