# CVE-2026-83611: xmldom: Parser silently accepts a not-well-formed end tag whose name is followed by a line break and trailing content

- Also known as: GHSA-6H8R-XR42-GP59
- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.9.12, 0.8.15
- Published: 2026-09-01 · Updated: 2026-09-01

## Affected

- xmldom: through 0.6.0
- @xmldom xmldom: from 0.9.0, fixed in 0.9.12; from 0.7.0, fixed in 0.8.15
- @xmldom/xmldom (npm): from 0.7.0, fixed in 0.8.15
- @xmldom/xmldom (npm): from 0.9.0, fixed in 0.9.12
- xmldom (npm): through 0.6.0

## Description

xmldom is a pure JavaScript W3C standard-based (XML DOM Level 2 Core) DOMParser and XMLSerializer module. Prior to @xmldom/xmldom versions 0.8.15 and 0.9.12, and in xmldom version 0.6.0 and earlier, DOMParser.parseFromString() can silently accept an end tag such as </a\njunk>, close the element, and discard the trailing content. On 0.9.x, the lib/sax.js end-tag validator inherits the multiline flag from reg(), allowing the first line to satisfy the anchored XML ETag production; older lines have no equivalent residue validation. This parser differential can bypass a parse-before-trust well-formedness gate, although it does not inject the discarded content; onError on 0.9.x and errorHandler on 0.8.x are the relevant reporting interfaces. This issue is fixed in @xmldom/xmldom versions 0.8.15 and 0.9.12; no fixed version is available for xmldom.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on xmldom, @xmldom xmldom, @xmldom/xmldom, upgrade to a fixed version (0.9.12, 0.8.15) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/security/advisories/GHSA-6h8r-xr42-gp59
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/pull/1071
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/pull/1072
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/commit/4430189660b0d380ee9c9ee7550a1358688e8828
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/commit/7b2ec67e1750daadd0bb06c92e875e726544a362
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/releases/tag/0.8.15
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/releases/tag/0.9.12

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