CVE-2026-44664

fast-xml-builder: Comment Value bypass regex

Published May 13, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.1 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
fast-xml-builder builds XML from JSON. In 1.1.5, the fix for CVE-2026-41650 in fast-xml-parser sanitizes -- sequences in XML comment content using .replace(/--/g, '- -'). This skip the values containing three consecutive dashes (e.g., --->...), allowing an attacker to break out of an XML comment and inject arbitrary XML/HTML content. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.1.6.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-45c6-75p6-83cc fast-xml-builder Comment Value regex can be bypassed
History
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First Time appeared Naturalintelligence
Naturalintelligence fast-xml-builder
Vendors & Products Naturalintelligence
Naturalintelligence fast-xml-builder
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description fast-xml-builder builds XML from JSON. In 1.1.5, the fix for CVE-2026-41650 in fast-xml-parser sanitizes -- sequences in XML comment content using .replace(/--/g, '- -'). This skip the values containing three consecutive dashes (e.g., --->...), allowing an attacker to break out of an XML comment and inject arbitrary XML/HTML content. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.1.6.
Title fast-xml-builder: Comment Value bypass regex
Weaknesses CWE-91
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
May 13, 2026, 4:46 PM
Reserved
May 7, 2026, 4:20 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
May 13, 2026, 4:16 PM
Modified
Oct 26, 2026, 6:10 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
May 13, 2026, 3:27 PM