Medium severity · published Jul 23, 2026
CVE-2026-65902
DOMPurify before 3.4.7 Hook Mutation Pollution via allowedTags
6.1
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 29% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DO
DOMPurify · cure53
before 3.4.7 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-65902
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-65902
Patch
https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/commit/7996f1dc78eb8b7922388aed75d94a9f8fad9a36
Exploit
https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/security/advisories/GHSA-76mc-f452-cxcm
Third Party Advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/dompurify-before-hook-mutation-pollution-via-allowedtags
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