CVE-2026-83616

HIGHPre-NVD 8.78.7
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to the CVSS score beside it.

This high-severity CVE scores 8.7 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.6% (49th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). No GitHub Security Advisory CVSS is on record for this CVE.

Triggered by: Headline CVSS from a secondary CVSS source
Sources: EPSS, a secondary CVSS source
Trending — 4 sources updated this weekElevated

Also known asEUVD-2026-69239 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-c7q8-3ch8-vqpv (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

8.7EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • CISA's Vulnrichment rates exploitation as PoC; EchelonGraph holds no exploit-code reference for it
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.6%CVSS: 8.7Exploit: No code on recordExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

xmldom is a pure JavaScript W3C standard-based (XML DOM Level 2 Core) DOMParser and XMLSerializer module. Prior to @xmldom/xmldom versions 0.8.15 and 0.9.12, and in xmldom version 0.6.0 and earlier, Document.createProcessingInstruction(target, data) in lib/dom.js accepts an unvalidated target, while the requireWellFormed: true serializer checks only for a colon and the reserved case-insensitive xml name on 0.9.x and performs no target check on 0.8.x. Because serialization emits , a target containing >, ?, whitespace, or another invalid XML-name character can break the processing-instruction boundary and inject XML structure. This issue is fixed in @xmldom/xmldom versions 0.8.15 and 0.9.12; no fixed version is available for xmldom.

CVSS v3
8.7
EG Score
8.7HIGHmedium confidence
EG Risk
70
EG Risk 70/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity87% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 8.7 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation40% × 40%
EchelonGraph's fixed weight for EG-KEV Tier 3 (Elevated): a constant, not a probability.
Automatability100% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: yes (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation public PoC (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
EPSS PROB
0.6%
EPSS %ILE
49th
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (8.7): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 8.7 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
8.7 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.a secondary CVSS source · CVSS v3.0 or v3.1
EG Likelihood
0.6% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-02). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.

Exploitation public PoC (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days if it is not.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

September 1, 2026

Last Modified

September 8, 2026

Advisory Details (7)

Auto-updated Sep 1, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github, github_pr, github_commit, github_release.
GitHub release Patch Available

Release 0.9.12 (xmldom/xmldom)

Patch available: xmldom/xmldom 0.9.12

https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/releases/tag/0.9.12
GitHub release Patch Available

Release 0.8.15 (xmldom/xmldom)

Patch available: xmldom/xmldom 0.8.15

https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/releases/tag/0.8.15
GitHub commit Patch Available

commit 3b694872bcb5 (xmldom/xmldom)

Patch available: xmldom/xmldom 0.8.15 (contains commit 3b694872bcb5)

https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/commit/3b694872bcb5c7e3cbadba961a4be2488750ce5b
GitHub commit Patch Available

commit 1cde3e31a07c (xmldom/xmldom)

Patch available: xmldom/xmldom 0.9.12 (contains commit 1cde3e31a07c)

https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/commit/1cde3e31a07c41c87cfd368d6946aa477f16b4f9
GitHub pull request Patch Available

Backport security release 0.8.15 — parser/DOM DoS, serializer name checks, end-tag reporting

Patch available: xmldom/xmldom 0.8.15 (PR #1072 merged 2026-08-21)

https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/pull/1072
GitHub pull request Patch Available

Security release 0.9.12 — parser/DOM DoS, serializer name checks, multiline-anchor bypass

Patch available: xmldom/xmldom 0.9.12 (PR #1071 merged 2026-08-21)

https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/pull/1071
GitHub advisoryMentions a patch (unverified)

Processing Instruction Target Injection Bypasses requireWellFormed · Advisory · xmldom/xmldom · GitHub

https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/security/advisories/GHSA-c7q8-3ch8-vqpv

Patch Availability(4)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
redhatrhdh/rhdh-hub-rhel9:17895542852026-09-21redhat
npmxmldom—ghsa
npm@xmldom/xmldom @ 0.8.15 (fixes >= 0.7.0, <= 0.8.14)—ghsa
npm@xmldom/xmldom @ 0.9.12 (fixes >= 0.9.0, <= 0.9.11)—ghsa

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(5 across 4 ecosystems)
npm(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
xmldom—
  • every version through 0.6.0: no fix on record
—
@xmldom/xmldom—
  • 0.7.0 up to 0.8.15: fixed in 0.8.15
  • 0.9.0 up to 0.9.12: fixed in 0.9.12
—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
node-xmldom0.8.6-1 ... 0.9.9-1 (10 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
node-xmldom0.9.10-1 ... 0.9.9-1 (8 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
node-xmldom0.9.10-1 ... 0.9.9-1 (7 versions)
  • every version up to 0.9.12-1: fixed in 0.9.12-1
—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 12× in last 7d / 61× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 176 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 76 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-11-03 16:49 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 49th percentile
  2. 2026-11-03 07:31 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-11-03 07:31 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-11-03 07:31 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c7q8-3ch8-vqpv · GitHub severity HIGH
  5. 2026-11-02 16:46 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 49th percentile
  6. 2026-11-01 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 49th percentile
  7. 2026-11-01 07:38 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c7q8-3ch8-vqpv · GitHub severity HIGH
  8. 2026-11-01 07:38 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-10-31 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 49th percentile
  10. 2026-10-30 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 49th percentile
  11. 2026-10-29 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 49th percentile
  12. 2026-10-28 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 49th percentile
  13. 2026-10-27 17:51 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-10-27 17:51 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-10-27 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 49th percentile
  16. 2026-10-26 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 49th percentile
  17. 2026-10-25 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 48th percentile
  18. 2026-10-25 13:56 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-10-24 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 48th percentile
  20. 2026-10-23 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 48th percentile
  21. 2026-10-22 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 48th percentile
  22. 2026-10-21 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 48th percentile
  23. 2026-10-20 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 48th percentile
  24. 2026-10-19 19:17 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-10-19 19:17 UTCVendor advisory
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  1. 2026-10-19 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 48th percentile
  2. 2026-10-18 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 48th percentile
  3. 2026-10-18 03:07 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-10-17 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 48th percentile
  5. 2026-10-16 16:44 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 48th percentile
  6. 2026-10-15 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 48th percentile
  7. 2026-10-14 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 48th percentile
  8. 2026-10-13 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 47th percentile
  9. 2026-10-13 05:44 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-10-13 05:44 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-10-12 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 47th percentile
  12. 2026-10-12 14:54 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-10-11 19:19 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-10-11 16:35 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-10-11 13:53 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-10-11 13:49 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 47th percentile
  17. 2026-10-10 20:00 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 47th percentile
  18. 2026-10-10 11:21 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-10-10 00:14 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-10-10 00:14 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-10-09 20:07 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 47th percentile
  22. 2026-10-09 02:05 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-10-09 02:05 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-10-08 17:13 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 47th percentile
  25. 2026-10-08 00:12 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-10-08 00:12 UTCVendor advisory
  27. 2026-10-07 23:48 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 47th percentile
  28. 2026-10-07 09:52 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-10-06 22:46 UTCEG score recompute
  30. 2026-10-06 22:46 UTCVendor advisory
  31. 2026-10-06 15:18 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 47th percentile
  32. 2026-10-06 11:41 UTCVendor advisory
  33. 2026-10-06 00:34 UTCEG score recompute
  34. 2026-10-06 00:34 UTCVendor advisory
  35. 2026-10-05 17:43 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 47th percentile
  36. 2026-10-05 12:47 UTCVendor advisory
  37. 2026-10-05 01:40 UTCEG score recompute
  38. 2026-10-05 01:40 UTCVendor advisory
  39. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 47th percentile
  40. 2026-10-04 14:34 UTCVendor advisory
  41. 2026-10-04 03:11 UTCVendor advisory
  42. 2026-10-03 16:06 UTCEG score recompute
  43. 2026-10-03 16:06 UTCVendor advisory
  44. 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 47th percentile
  45. 2026-10-03 05:00 UTCEG score recompute
  46. 2026-10-03 05:00 UTCVendor advisory
  47. 2026-10-02 17:57 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 47th percentile
  48. 2026-10-02 17:53 UTCVendor advisory
  49. 2026-10-02 06:48 UTCEG score recompute
  50. 2026-10-02 06:48 UTCVendor advisory
  51. 2026-10-01 19:50 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 47th percentile
  52. 2026-10-01 19:42 UTCVendor advisory
  53. 2026-10-01 06:40 UTCVendor advisory
  54. 2026-09-30 19:34 UTCEG score recompute
  55. 2026-09-30 19:34 UTCVendor advisory
  56. 2026-09-30 15:04 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 47th percentile
  57. 2026-09-30 03:20 UTCEG score recompute
  58. 2026-09-30 03:20 UTCVendor advisory
  59. 2026-09-29 14:02 UTCVendor advisory
  60. 2026-09-29 02:20 UTCEG score recompute
  61. 2026-09-29 02:20 UTCVendor advisory
  62. 2026-09-28 15:13 UTCEG score recompute
  63. 2026-09-28 15:13 UTCVendor advisory
  64. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 47th percentile
  65. 2026-09-28 03:53 UTCVendor advisory
  66. 2026-09-27 16:47 UTCEG score recompute
  67. 2026-09-27 16:47 UTCVendor advisory
  68. 2026-09-27 13:48 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 47th percentile
  69. 2026-09-27 05:41 UTCVendor advisory
  70. 2026-09-26 18:06 UTCEG score recompute
  71. 2026-09-26 18:06 UTCVendor advisory
  72. 2026-09-26 15:59 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 47th percentile
  73. 2026-09-26 07:00 UTCEG score recompute
  74. 2026-09-26 07:00 UTCVendor advisory
  75. 2026-09-25 06:27 UTCVendor advisory

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-83616?
CVE-2026-83616 is a high-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on September 1, 2026. xmldom is a pure JavaScript W3C standard-based (XML DOM Level 2 Core) DOMParser and XMLSerializer module. Prior to @xmldom/xmldom versions 0.8.15 and 0.9.12, and in xmldom version 0.6.0 and earlier, Document.createProcessingInstruction(target, data) in lib/dom.js accepts an unvalidated target,…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2026-83616 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2026-83616 was published on September 1, 2026. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of September 8, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-83616 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-83616 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (49th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-83616?
CVE-2026-83616 has a CVSS base score of 8.7 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-83616?
A fix for CVE-2026-83616 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-83616 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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