CVE-2021-21366
Misinterpretation of malicious XML input
02 Description
Misinterpretation of malicious XML input
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 70.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 4.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-03-12 00:00Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-03 18:09Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-12-22
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 4.3)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3eca5974a13a8b703721a9fa9c5289dd49050cf4c067b6a75342cbbd16a4410e
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/security/advisories/GHSA-h6q6-9hqw-rwfv
- www.npmjs.comhttps://www.npmjs.com/package/xmldom
- github.comhttps://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/releases/tag/0.5.0
- github.comhttps://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/commit/d4201b9dfbf760049f457f9f08a3888d48835135
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20230101 [SECURITY] [DLA 3260-1] node-xmldom security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00000.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- node-xmldom Fixed in 0.5.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- node-xmldom Fixed in 0.5.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- node-xmldom Fixed in 0.5.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- node-xmldom Fixed in 0.1.27+ds-1+deb10u2build0.20.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.