CVE intelligence

CVE-2026-83616

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Sep 1, 2026Sources checked Oct 28, 2026

8.7HIGHCVSS out of 10

What this means

Review the available evidence

CVE-2026-83616 and is rated High severity with a CVSS score of 8.7. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

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Remediation and response

Microsoft Security Response Center guidance

Vendor revision: Sep 6, 2026

See the Microsoft Security Update Guide for the update that applies to your product.

CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog

EPSS0.6%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability

Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field

Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships

Overview

What is CVE-2026-83616?

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 <?target data?>, 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.

Source: NVD