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Affected: CleanStart: sqlpad

Package sqlpad version 7.5.7-r2 fixes 26 vulnerabilities: ghsa-2v35-w6hq-6mfw, ghsa-f6ww-3ggp-fr8h, ghsa-wh4c-j3r5-mjhp, ghsa-x6wf-f3px-wcqx, ghsa-j759-j44w-7fr8...

xmldom is a pure JavaScript W3C standard-based (XML DOM Level 2 Core) `DOMParser` and `XMLSerializer` module. In xmldom versions 0.6.0 and prior and @xmldom/xmldom prior to versions 0.8.12 and 0.9.9, xmldom/xmldom allows attacker-controlled strings containing the CDATA terminator ]]> to be inserted into a CDATASection node. During serialization, XMLSerializer emitted the CDATA content verbatim without rejecting or safely splitting the terminator. As a result, data intended to remain text-only became active XML markup in the serialized output, enabling XML structure injection and downstream business-logic manipulation. This issue has been patched in xmldom version 0.6.0 and @xmldom/xmldom versions 0.8.12 and 0.9.9.

Affected: npm: xmldom, npm: @xmldom/xmldom

## Summary

`@xmldom/xmldom` allows attacker-controlled strings containing the CDATA terminator `]]>` to be inserted into a `CDATASection` node. During serialization, `XMLSerializer` emitted the CDATA content verbatim without rejecting or safely splitting the terminator. As a result, data intended to remain text-only became **active XML markup** in the serialized output, enabling XML structure injection and downstream business-logic manipulation.

The sequence `]]>` is not allowed inside CDATA content and must be rejected or safely handled during serialization. ([MDN Web Docs](https://developer.mozilla.org/))

### Attack surface

`Document.createCDATASection(data)` is the most direct entry point, but it is not the only one. The WHATWG DOM spec intentionally does not validate `]]>` in mutation methods — only `createCDATASection` carries that guard. The following paths therefore also allow `]]>` to enter a CDATASection node and reach the serializer:

- `CharacterData.appendData()` - `CharacterData.replaceData()` - `CharacterData.insertData()` - Direct assignment to `.data` - Direct assignment to `.textContent`

(Note: assigning to `.nodeValue` does **not** update `.data` in this implementation — the serializer reads `.data` directly — so `.nodeValue` is not an exploitable path.)

### Parse path

Parsing XML that contains a CDATA section is **not** affected. The SAX parser's non-greedy `CDSect` regex stops at the first `]]>`, so parsed CDATA data never contains the terminator.…

heroic-games-launcher-2.20.1-5.1 on GA media

Affected: Ubuntu:20.04:LTS: node-xmldom, Ubuntu:22.04:LTS: node-xmldom, Ubuntu:24.04:LTS: node-xmldom, Ubuntu:25.10: node-xmldom, Ubuntu:26.04:LTS: node-xmldom

xmldom is a pure JavaScript W3C standard-based (XML DOM Level 2 Core) `DOMParser` and `XMLSerializer` module. In xmldom versions 0.6.0 and prior and @xmldom/xmldom prior to versions 0.8.12 and 0.9.9, xmldom/xmldom allows attacker-controlled strings containing the CDATA terminator ]]> to be inserted into a CDATASection node. During serialization, XMLSerializer emitted the CDATA content verbatim without rejecting or safely splitting the terminator. As a result, data intended to remain text-only became active XML markup in the serialized output, enabling XML structure injection and downstream business-logic manipulation. This issue has been patched in xmldom version 0.6.0 and @xmldom/xmldom versions 0.8.12 and 0.9.9.

Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, Cross-Site-Scripting-Angriffe durchzuführen, Daten zu manipulieren, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen oder einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen.