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Vulnerability record · CVE-2026-65902 · published 23 July 2026

CVE-2026-65902: Cure53 dompurify vulnerability

Cure53 · Dompurify

DOMPurify before 3.4.7 (affected versions <= 3.4.5) passes direct references to the module-level DEFAULT_ALLOWED_TAGS and DEFAULT_ALLOWED_ATTR sets to the uponSanitizeElement and uponSanitizeAttribute hooks via data.allowedTags / data.allowedAttributes when sanitize is called without an explicit cfg.ALLOWED_TAGS / cfg.ALLOWED_ATTR array. A hook that mutates these fields permanently widens the default allow-lists for the lifetime of the DOMPurify instance, so all subsequent default-config sanitize calls inherit the widened defaults and attacker payloads using the poisoned tag/attribute name survive sanitization. removeAllHooks(), clearConfig(), and passing a fresh cfg do not recover the state; only constructing a new DOMPurify instance does.

5.3 CVSS 4.0 Medium EPSS 0.36% · top 73.3% CWE-501 · CWE-501
5.3CVSS 4.0 base score
0.36%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References, 2 tagged exploit
28 Jul 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

DOMPurify before 3.4.7 (affected versions <= 3.4.5) passes direct references to the module-level DEFAULT_ALLOWED_TAGS and DEFAULT_ALLOWED_ATTR sets to the uponSanitizeElement and uponSanitizeAttribute hooks via data.allowedTags / data.allowedAttributes when sanitize is called without an explicit cfg.ALLOWED_TAGS / cfg.ALLOWED_ATTR array. A hook that mutates these fields permanently widens the default allow-lists for the lifetime of the DOMPurify instance, so all subsequent default-config sanitize calls inherit the widened defaults and attacker payloads using the poisoned tag/attribute name survive sanitization. removeAllHooks(), clearConfig(), and passing a fresh cfg do not recover the state; only constructing a new DOMPurify instance does.

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/commit/7996f1dc78eb8b7922388aed75d94a9f8fad9a36 Patch
https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/security/advisories/GHSA-76mc-f452-cxcm ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/dompurify-before-hook-mutation-pollution-via-allowedtags Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/security/advisories/GHSA-76mc-f452-cxcm ExploitThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2026-65902), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.