ubuntu-cve-2026-41238
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2026-04-23 16:16
Modified
2026-05-20 15:27
Summary
Details

DOMPurify is a DOM-only cross-site scripting sanitizer for HTML, MathML, and SVG. Versions 3.0.1 through 3.3.3 are vulnerable to a prototype pollution-based XSS bypass. When an application uses DOMPurify.sanitize() with the default configuration (no CUSTOM_ELEMENT_HANDLING option), a prior prototype pollution gadget can inject permissive tagNameCheck and attributeNameCheck regex values into Object.prototype, causing DOMPurify to allow arbitrary custom elements with arbitrary attributes — including event handlers — through sanitization. Version 3.4.0 fixes the issue.

Severity
6.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "node-dompurify",
            "binary_version": "2.3.3+dfsg-1"
          }
        ]
      },
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        "name": "node-dompurify",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-dompurify@2.3.3+dfsg-1?arch=source\u0026distro=jammy"
      },
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            {
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        "2.3.0+dfsg-2",
        "2.3.3+dfsg-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
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          {
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            "binary_version": "3.0.9+dfsg+~3.0.5-1"
          }
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      },
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      },
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        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.4.1+dfsg+~2.4.0-1",
        "3.0.9+dfsg+~3.0.5-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
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          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:25.10",
        "name": "node-dompurify",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-dompurify@3.1.7+dfsg+~3.0.5-2?arch=source\u0026distro=questing"
      },
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      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
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          {
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          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.04:LTS",
        "name": "node-dompurify",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-dompurify@3.3.3+dfsg-1?arch=source\u0026distro=resolute"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
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            {
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "3.1.7+dfsg+~3.0.5-2",
        "3.3.3+dfsg-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "DOMPurify is a DOM-only cross-site scripting sanitizer for HTML, MathML, and SVG. Versions 3.0.1 through 3.3.3 are vulnerable to a prototype pollution-based XSS bypass. When an application uses `DOMPurify.sanitize()` with the default configuration (no `CUSTOM_ELEMENT_HANDLING` option), a prior prototype pollution gadget can inject permissive `tagNameCheck` and `attributeNameCheck` regex values into `Object.prototype`, causing DOMPurify to allow arbitrary custom elements with arbitrary attributes \u2014 including event handlers \u2014 through sanitization. Version 3.4.0 fixes the issue.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-41238",
  "modified": "2026-05-20T15:27:26Z",
  "published": "2026-04-23T16:16:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-41238"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-41238"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/security/advisories/GHSA-v9jr-rg53-9pgp"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2026-41238"
  ]
}



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