📄 fast-xml-parser REGEX Injection / Cross Site Scripting

fast-xml-parser versions starting at 4.1.3 and below 5.3.5 suffer from a REGEX injection issue that can allow for cross site scripting attacks. ============================================================================================================================================= | Title :...

DRUPAL-CONTRIB-2026-012

This module allows site builders to create so-called "theme\rule" config entities. These theme rules can render pages with different themes than the default when certain conditions match. The module uses simple GET request to disable or enable theme rules, which allows attackers to disable or...

APT28 Targeted European Entities Using Webhook-Based Macro Malware

The Russia-linked state-sponsored threat actor tracked as APT28 has been attributed to a new campaign targeting specific entities in Western and Central Europe. The activity, per S2 Grupo's LAB52 threat intelligence team, was active between September 2025 and January 2026. It has been codenamed...

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-25896

fast-xml-parser allows users to validate XML, parse XML to JS object, or build XML from JS object without C/C++ based libraries and no callback. From 4.1.3to before 5.3.5, a dot . in a DOCTYPE entity name is treated as a regex wildcard during entity replacement, allowing an attacker to shadow...

CVE-2026-25896

fast-xml-parser allows users to validate XML, parse XML to JS object, or build XML from JS object without C/C++ based libraries and no callback. From 4.1.3to before 5.3.5, a dot . in a DOCTYPE entity name is treated as a regex wildcard during entity replacement, allowing an attacker to shadow...

CVE-2026-25896

fast-xml-parser allows users to validate XML, parse XML to JS object, or build XML from JS object without C/C++ based libraries and no callback. From 4.1.3to before 5.3.5, a dot . in a DOCTYPE entity name is treated as a regex wildcard during entity replacement, allowing an attacker to shadow...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-25896

fast-xml-parser allows users to validate XML, parse XML to JS object, or build XML from JS object without C/C++ based libraries and no callback. From 4.1.3to before 5.3.5, a dot . in a DOCTYPE entity name is treated as a regex wildcard during entity replacement, allowing an attacker to shadow...

CVE-2026-25896

CVE-2026-25896 affects the Node.js XML parser fast-xml-parser. From 4.1.3 up to (but not including) 5.3.5, a dot in a DOCTYPE entity name is treated as a regex wildcard during entity replacement, allowing shadowing of built-in entities and bypassing encoding, which can lead to XSS when parsed out...

CVE-2026-25896

fast-xml-parser allows users to validate XML, parse XML to JS object, or build XML from JS object without C/C++ based libraries and no callback. From 4.1.3to before 5.3.5, a dot . in a DOCTYPE entity name is treated as a regex wildcard during entity replacement, allowing an attacker to shadow...

CVE-2026-25896 fast-xml-parser has an entity encoding bypass via regex injection in DOCTYPE entity names

fast-xml-parser allows users to validate XML, parse XML to JS object, or build XML from JS object without C/C++ based libraries and no callback. From 4.1.3to before 5.3.5, a dot . in a DOCTYPE entity name is treated as a regex wildcard during entity replacement, allowing an attacker to shadow...

CVE-2026-25896 fast-xml-parser has an entity encoding bypass via regex injection in DOCTYPE entity names

fast-xml-parser allows users to validate XML, parse XML to JS object, or build XML from JS object without C/C++ based libraries and no callback. From 4.1.3to before 5.3.5, a dot . in a DOCTYPE entity name is treated as a regex wildcard during entity replacement, allowing an attacker to shadow...

CVE-2026-25896

fast-xml-parser allows users to validate XML, parse XML to JS object, or build XML from JS object without C/C++ based libraries and no callback. From 4.1.3to before 5.3.5, a dot . in a DOCTYPE entity name is treated as a regex wildcard during entity replacement, allowing an attacker to shadow...

Incorrect Regular Expression

Overview org.webjars.npm:fast-xml-parser is a Validate XML, Parse XML, Build XML without C/C++ based libraries Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Regular Expression in the entity parsing RegEx in DOCTYPE declarations. An attacker can inject arbitrary values that overrid...

Incorrect Regular Expression

Overview fast-xml-parser is a Validate XML, Parse XML, Build XML without C/C++ based libraries Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Regular Expression in the entity parsing RegEx in DOCTYPE declarations. An attacker can inject arbitrary values that override built-in XML...

fast-xml-parser has an entity encoding bypass via regex injection in DOCTYPE entity names

Entity encoding bypass via regex injection in DOCTYPE entity names Summary A dot . in a DOCTYPE entity name is treated as a regex wildcard during entity replacement, allowing an attacker to shadow built-in XML entities , , &, ", ' with arbitrary values. This bypasses entity encoding and leads to...

PT-2026-21298

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions fast-xml-parser versions 4.1.3 through 5.3.5 Description fast-xml-parser has a flaw in how it handles DOCTYPE entity names during XML parsing. Specifically, a dot . within an entity name is treated as a regex wildcard during entity replacement...

XML Entity Expansion

Overview fast-xml-parser is a Validate XML, Parse XML, Build XML without C/C++ based libraries Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to XML Entity Expansion in replaceEntitiesValue when handling excessive DOCTYPE input. An attacker can cause excessive resource consumption and make the...

Spam Campaign Abuses Atlassian Jira, Targets Government and Corporate Entities

We uncover how a campaign used Atlassian Jira Cloud to launch automated and targeted spam campaigns, exploiting trusted SaaS workflows to bypass security controls...

Advisory ROSA-SA-2026-3167

Software: jackson-databind 2.10.0 OS: ROSA Virtualization 3.0 unaffected versions = jackson-databind-2.10.0-1.0.2.rv30 affected versions jackson-databind-2.10.0-1.0.2.rv30 CVE-ID: CVE-2020-25649 BDU-ID: 2022-05602 CVE-Crit: HIGH CVE-DESC.: A vulnerability in the DOMDeserializer component of the...

USN-8022-2 expat vulnerabilities

USN-8022-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Expat. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Expat incorrectly handled the initialization of parsers for external entities. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a...