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archivevulnerability · 08 Sep 2026 · 20:59 UTC

GHSA-6mj3-qw4j-hgrw: xmldom: HTML raw-text closing-tag case mismatch causes output amplification

VULNCVE-2026-83612source · GTH
HIGHHigh-risk vulnerability

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## Summary In HTML mode (`text/html`), a raw-text element (`script`, `style`, `textarea`, `title`) whose closing tag differs in case from its opening tag (e.g. ` ` for ` `) is mishandled by the parser, producing quadratic (O(n²)) output growth — a small crafted document parses and serializes into output orders of magnitude larger, exhausting CPU and memory. A modest input of tens of KB can therefore cause a denial of service in any service that parses untrusted HTML with xmldom. Only HTML mode is affected. …

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