fast-xml-parser allows users to process XML from JS object without C/C++ based libraries or callbacks. Prior to 5.12.0, when the non-default stopNodes option is enabled, readStopNodeData() in OrderedObjParser.js calls readTagExp() for each less-than character in an unterminated stop-node body and repeatedly rescans the remaining input while looking for a closing greater-than character. An attacker who supplies XML containing many tag fragments without a later closing character can cause quadratic rescanning before parsing fails, blocking a Node.js event loop and causing CPU-exhaustion denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 5.12.0.
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-474x-hrwr-fgx4 fast-xml-parser: Quadratic CPU consumption scanning unterminated stop-node tags
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Tue, 10 Nov 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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Description fast-xml-parser allows users to process XML from JS object without C/C++ based libraries or callbacks. Prior to 5.12.0, when the non-default stopNodes option is enabled, readStopNodeData() in OrderedObjParser.js calls readTagExp() for each less-than character in an unterminated stop-node body and repeatedly rescans the remaining input while looking for a closing greater-than character. An attacker who supplies XML containing many tag fragments without a later closing character can cause quadratic rescanning before parsing fails, blocking a Node.js event loop and causing CPU-exhaustion denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 5.12.0.
Title fast-xml-parser: Quadratic CPU consumption scanning unterminated stop-node tags
Weaknesses CWE-407
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-10T20:23:16.019Z

Reserved: 2026-11-10T17:07:43.283Z

Link: CVE-2026-126066

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-11-10T21:19:24.487

Modified: 2026-11-10T21:19:24.617

Link: CVE-2026-126066

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