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Security checkFebruary 02, 2023

Misinterpretation of malicious XML input - xmldom - GHSA-h6q6-9hqw-rwfv

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Medium severitynpmxmldom

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Description

xmldom versions 0.4.0 and older do not correctly preserve system identifiers, FPIs or namespaces when repeatedly parsing and serializing maliciously crafted documents.

This may lead to unexpected syntactic changes during XML processing in some downstream applications.

Recommendation

Update the xmldom package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

  • Affected version(s): < 0.5.0
  • Patched version(s): 0.5.0

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