xmldom allows multiple root nodes in a DOM
### Impact xmldom parses XML that is not well-formed because it contains multiple top level elements, and adds all root nodes to the `childNodes` collection of the `Document`, without reporting any error or throwing. This breaks the assumption that there is only a single root node in the tree, which led to https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-39299 and is a potential issue for dependents. ### Patches Update to `@xmldom/xmldom@~0.7.7`, `@xmldom/xmldom@~0.8.4` (dist-tag `latest`) or `@xmldom/xmldom@>=0.9.0-beta.4` (dist-tag `next`). ### Workarounds One of the following approaches might help, depending on your use case: - Instead of searching for elements in the whole DOM, only search in the `documentElement`. - Reject a document with a document that has more then 1 `childNode`. ### References - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-39299 - https://github.com/jindw/xmldom/issues/150 ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Email us at security@xmldom.org
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2022-39353US | critical9.8 | — | ||
xmldom is a pure JavaScript W3C standard-based (XML DOM Level 2 Core) `DOMParser` and `XMLSerializer` module. xmldom parses XML that is not well-formed because it contains multiple… | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/jindw/xmldom/issues/150WEB
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldomPACKAGE
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/commit/52a708360c35aa160fcca8621720d71fd0f95f1aWEB
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/commit/7ff7c10ab2961703ac1752e95b4ff60ee4ee6643WEB
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/commit/c02f786216bed70825f9a351c65e61500f51e931WEB
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/releases/tag/0.7.7WEB
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/releases/tag/0.8.4WEB
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/releases/tag/0.9.0-beta.4WEB
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