Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-65900
DOMPurify versions >=3.0.0 and before 3.4.8, when configured with SAFE_FOR_TEMPLATES together with a DOM output mode (RETURN_DOM, RETURN_DOM_FRAGMENT, or IN_PLACE), fail to strip template expressions (e.g. ${evil}, {{evil}}, <%evil%>) inside <template> element content. The final normalization/scrub pass (_scrubTemplateExpressions) uses a NodeIterator and node.normalize() that do not descend into template.content, so expressions that only form after adjacent text nodes merge survive sanitization. This bypasses SAFE_FOR_TEMPLATES and can allow a downstream template engine to evaluate attacker-supplied expressions. The string output path is not affected.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.002
EPSS Ranking 6.4%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 6.1
Products affected by CVE-2026-65900
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cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify:3.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify:3.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify:3.0.10
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cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify:3.0.11
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cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify:3.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify:3.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify:3.0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify:3.0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify:3.0.6
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cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify:3.0.7
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cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify:3.0.8
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cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify:3.0.9
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cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify:3.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify:3.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify:3.1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify:3.1.3
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cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify:3.1.4
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cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify:3.1.5
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cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify:3.1.6
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cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify:3.1.7
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cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify:3.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify:3.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify:3.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify:3.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify:3.2.4
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cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify:3.2.5
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cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify:3.2.6
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cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify:3.2.7
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cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify:3.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify:3.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify:3.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify:3.3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify:3.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify:3.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify:3.4.2
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cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify:3.4.3
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cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify:3.4.4
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cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify:3.4.5
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cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify:3.4.6
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cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify:3.4.7