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[GHSA] GHSA-6h8r-xr42-gp59 (medium) — xmldom: Parser silently accepts a not-well-formed end tag whose name is followed by a line break and trailing content

medgithub_advisoriesPublished 2026-09-08

GHSA-6h8r-xr42-gp59 Severity: medium CVE: CVE-2026-83611

xmldom: Parser silently accepts a not-well-formed end tag whose name is followed by a line break and trailing content

## Summary

xmldom's parser silently accepts a **not-well-formed end tag** whose valid name is followed by trailing content — e.g. `</a⏎junk>`. The element is closed, the trailing content is discarded, and no error is repor

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Original source: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6h8r-xr42-gp59