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xmldom: Uncontrolled recursion in XML serialization leads to DoS

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Description

Seven recursive traversals in lib/dom.js operate without a depth limit. A sufficiently deeply nested DOM tree causes a RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded, crashing the application.

Reported operations:

  • Node.prototype.normalize() — reported by @praveen-kv (email 2026-04-05) and @KarimTantawey (GHSA-fwmp-8wwc-qhv6, via DOMParser.parseFromString())
  • `XMLSerializer.

Recommendation

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

  • Affected version(s): **>= 0.9.0, < 0.9.10 < 0.8.13**
  • Patched version(s): **0.9.10 0.8.13**

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