{"id":"CVE-2026-73569","aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2026-73569","EUVD-2026-58184","GHSA-8r6m-32jq-jx6q","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-73569"],"status":"published","title":"fast-xml-parser: Repeated DOCTYPE declarations reset entity expansion limits","description":"fast-xml-parser allows users to process XML from JS object without C/C++ based libraries or callbacks. From 5.9.3 until 5.10.1, src/xmlparser/OrderedObjParser.js processes multiple DOCTYPE declarations within a single XML document and passes each declaration's entities through addInputEntities(). addInputEntities() resets maxTotalExpansions and maxExpandedLength every time it is called, allowing additional DOCTYPE declarations to repeatedly reset the configured entity-expansion limits during one parse operation. A crafted XML document can then cause excessive CPU use, event-loop blocking, memory exhaustion, and process termination. This issue is fixed in version 5.10.1.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":8.7,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-12","score":0.00507,"percentile":0.43759,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-776"],"published":"2026-07-21T22:06:36Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:21Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"npm","package":"fast-xml-parser","fixed_in":["5.10.1"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"npm","package":"fast-xml-parser","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.9.3"},{"fixed":"5.10.1"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:13","package":"node-webfont","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["11.4.0+dfsg2+~cs35.7.26-13","11.4.0+dfsg2+~cs35.7.26-14","11.4.0+dfsg2+~cs35.7.26-15","11.4.0+dfsg2+~cs35.7.26-16","11.4.0+dfsg2+~cs35.7.26-18","11.4.0+dfsg2+~cs35.7.26-19","11.4.0+dfsg2+~cs35.7.26-20","11.4.0+dfsg2+~cs35.7.26-21","11.4.0+dfsg2+~cs35.7.26-22"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:14","package":"node-webfont","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["11.4.0+dfsg2+~cs35.7.26-13","11.4.0+dfsg2+~cs35.7.26-14","11.4.0+dfsg2+~cs35.7.26-15","11.4.0+dfsg2+~cs35.7.26-16","11.4.0+dfsg2+~cs35.7.26-18","11.4.0+dfsg2+~cs35.7.26-19","11.4.0+dfsg2+~cs35.7.26-20","11.4.0+dfsg2+~cs35.7.26-21","11.4.0+dfsg2+~cs35.7.26-22"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"npm","package":"fast-xml-parser","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"5.9.3"},{"fixed":"5.10.1"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:24.04:LTS","package":"node-webfont","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["11.4.0+dfsg2+~cs35.7.26-7ubuntu1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:26.10","package":"node-webfont","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["11.4.0+dfsg2+~cs35.7.26-18","11.4.0+dfsg2+~cs35.7.26-19"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:26.04:LTS","package":"node-webfont","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["11.4.0+dfsg2+~cs35.7.26-13ubuntu2","11.4.0+dfsg2+~cs35.7.26-14","11.4.0+dfsg2+~cs35.7.26-15","11.4.0+dfsg2+~cs35.7.26-16build1","11.4.0+dfsg2+~cs35.7.26-18"]}],"products":[{"vendor":"naturalintelligence","product":"fast-xml-parser"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/NaturalIntelligence/fast-xml-parser/security/advisories/GHSA-8r6m-32jq-jx6q","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","advisory","web","report"]},{"url":"https://github.com/NaturalIntelligence/fast-xml-parser/commit/4e546e03987662de5495d050b5fba26bea65383f","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","fix","web","report"]},{"url":"https://github.com/NaturalIntelligence/fast-xml-parser/releases/tag/v5.10.1","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8r6m-32jq-jx6q"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/73xxx/CVE-2026-73569.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73569","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-73569","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/NaturalIntelligence/fast-xml-parser","tags":["package"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-73569","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-73569","tags":["report"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-73569","title":"fast-xml-parser: Repeated DOCTYPE declarations reset entity expansion limits","description":"fast-xml-parser allows users to process XML from JS object without C/C++ based libraries or callbacks. From 5.9.3 until 5.10.1, src/xmlparser/OrderedObjParser.js processes multiple DOCTYPE declarations within a single XML document and passes each declaration's entities through addInputEntities(). addInputEntities() resets maxTotalExpansions and maxExpandedLength every time it is called, allowing additional DOCTYPE declarations to repeatedly reset the configured entity-expansion limits during one parse operation. A crafted XML document can then cause excessive CPU use, event-loop blocking, memory exhaustion, and process termination. This issue is fixed in version 5.10.1.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-13T17:45:25.045Z","modified":"2026-08-13T18:40:13.283Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.7,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-776"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T13:43:22.599321Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-58184","description":"fast-xml-parser allows users to process XML from JS object without C/C++ based libraries or callbacks. From 5.9.3 until 5.10.1, src/xmlparser/OrderedObjParser.js processes multiple DOCTYPE declarations within a single XML document and passes each declaration's entities through addInputEntities(). addInputEntities() resets maxTotalExpansions and maxExpandedLength every time it is called, allowing additional DOCTYPE declarations to repeatedly reset the configured entity-expansion limits during one parse operation. A crafted XML document can then cause excessive CPU use, event-loop blocking, memory exhaustion, and process termination. This issue is fixed in version 5.10.1.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-13T17:45:25Z","modified":"2026-08-13T18:40:13Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.7,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T18:01:55.61982Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-8r6m-32jq-jx6q","title":"fast-xml-parser: Repeated DOCTYPE declarations reset entity expansion limits","description":"### Impact\n`fast-xml-parser` processes multiple \"DOCTYPE\" declarations within a single XML document. Each declaration passes its entities to `@nodable/entities` through `addInputEntities()`.\n\n`addInputEntities()` resets the entity expansion counters every time it is called. An attacker can therefore insert additional DOCTYPE declarations to repeatedly reset maxTotalExpansions and maxExpandedLength during one parse operation.\n\nThis allows a crafted XML document to exceed the configured entity-expansion limits and can cause excessive CPU use, event-loop blocking, memory exhaustion, and process termination.\n\n### Workarounds\n- Manually check if multiple DOCTYPEs are not present in input contents\n- Update to v5.10.1\n- Keep `processEntity` flag off","status":"published","published":"2026-07-21T22:06:36Z","modified":"2026-08-13T17:45:29Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.7,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-776"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:41:00.097339Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-73569","description":"fast-xml-parser allows users to process XML from JS object without C/C++ based libraries or callbacks. From 5.9.3 until 5.10.1, src/xmlparser/OrderedObjParser.js processes multiple DOCTYPE declarations within a single XML document and passes each declaration's entities through addInputEntities(). addInputEntities() resets maxTotalExpansions and maxExpandedLength every time it is called, allowing additional DOCTYPE declarations to repeatedly reset the configured entity-expansion limits during one parse operation. A crafted XML document can then cause excessive CPU use, event-loop blocking, memory exhaustion, and process termination. This issue is fixed in version 5.10.1.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-13T18:18:19.803Z","modified":"2026-10-24T15:10:00.19Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.7,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/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:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-776"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:37.557758Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2026-73569","title":"fast-xml-parser: Repeated DOCTYPE declarations reset entity expansion limits","description":"fast-xml-parser allows users to process XML from JS object without C/C++ based libraries or callbacks. From 5.9.3 until 5.10.1, src/xmlparser/OrderedObjParser.js processes multiple DOCTYPE declarations within a single XML document and passes each declaration's entities through addInputEntities(). addInputEntities() resets maxTotalExpansions and maxExpandedLength every time it is called, allowing additional DOCTYPE declarations to repeatedly reset the configured entity-expansion limits during one parse operation. A crafted XML document can then cause excessive CPU use, event-loop blocking, memory exhaustion, and process termination. This issue is fixed in version 5.10.1.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-13T17:45:25.045Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:21.256308507Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.7,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-776"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:16.365946Z"},{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2026-73569","description":"fast-xml-parser allows users to process XML from JS object without C/C++ based libraries or callbacks. From 5.9.3 until 5.10.1, src/xmlparser/OrderedObjParser.js processes multiple DOCTYPE declarations within a single XML document and passes each declaration's entities through addInputEntities(). addInputEntities() resets maxTotalExpansions and maxExpandedLength every time it is called, allowing additional DOCTYPE declarations to repeatedly reset the configured entity-expansion limits during one parse operation. A crafted XML document can then cause excessive CPU use, event-loop blocking, memory exhaustion, and process termination. This issue is fixed in version 5.10.1.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-13T18:18:19.803Z","modified":"2026-10-25T09:47:35.374380503Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.7,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/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:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:02.499355Z"},{"id":"GHSA-8r6m-32jq-jx6q","title":"fast-xml-parser: Repeated DOCTYPE declarations reset entity expansion limits","description":"### Impact\n`fast-xml-parser` processes multiple \"DOCTYPE\" declarations within a single XML document. Each declaration passes its entities to `@nodable/entities` through `addInputEntities()`.\n\n`addInputEntities()` resets the entity expansion counters every time it is called. An attacker can therefore insert additional DOCTYPE declarations to repeatedly reset maxTotalExpansions and maxExpandedLength during one parse operation.\n\nThis allows a crafted XML document to exceed the configured entity-expansion limits and can cause excessive CPU use, event-loop blocking, memory exhaustion, and process termination.\n\n### Workarounds\n- Manually check if multiple DOCTYPEs are not present in input contents\n- Update to v5.10.1\n- Keep `processEntity` flag off","status":"published","published":"2026-07-21T22:06:36Z","modified":"2026-09-10T03:51:11.096045802Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.7,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-776"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:42.78452Z"},{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2026-73569","description":"fast-xml-parser allows users to process XML from JS object without C/C++ based libraries or callbacks. From 5.9.3 until 5.10.1, src/xmlparser/OrderedObjParser.js processes multiple DOCTYPE declarations within a single XML document and passes each declaration's entities through addInputEntities(). addInputEntities() resets maxTotalExpansions and maxExpandedLength every time it is called, allowing additional DOCTYPE declarations to repeatedly reset the configured entity-expansion limits during one parse operation. A crafted XML document can then cause excessive CPU use, event-loop blocking, memory exhaustion, and process termination. This issue is fixed in version 5.10.1.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-13T18:18:00Z","modified":"2026-10-17T13:01:04.004854651Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.7,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:57:08.628462Z"}]}}