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Security checkJune 09, 2026

Svelte: ReDoS in `<svelte:element>` Tag Validation

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Description

An internal regex in the Svelte runtime can take exponential time to test in <svelte:element this={tag}></svelte:element>. You are only vulnerable to this if you allow tags of unconstrained length. If your application only allows a predetermined list of tags or trims their length before passing them to svelte:element, you are safe.

Recommendation

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

  • Affected version(s): >= 5.51.5, <= 5.55.6
  • Patched version(s): 5.55.7

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