CVE-2026-41239: DOMPurify has a SAFE_FOR_TEMPLATES bypass in RETURN_DOM mode

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-04-23 · updated 2026-10-26
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

DOMPurify is a DOM-only cross-site scripting sanitizer for HTML, MathML, and SVG. Starting in version 1.0.10 and prior to version 3.4.0, `SAFE_FOR_TEMPLATES` strips `{{...}}` expressions from untrusted HTML. This works in string mode but not with `RETURN_DOM` or `RETURN_DOM_FRAGMENT`, allowing XSS via template-evaluating frameworks like Vue 2. Version 3.4.0 patches the issue.

Affected products

cure53 DOMPurify: from 1.0.10, < 3.4.0

References

https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/releases/tag/3.4.0
https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/security/advisories/GHSA-crv5-9vww-q3g8

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