TI-2024-22731 Aliases CVE-2024-34391 GHSA-6433-x5p4-8jc7

libxmljs attrs type confusion RCE

HIGH 76CWE-843Published 2024-05-02 · Updated 2024-11-25

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-843 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

libxmljs is vulnerable to a type confusion vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted XML while invoking a function on the result of attrs() that was called on a parsed node. This vulnerability might lead to denial of service (on both 32-bit systems and 64-bit systems), data leak, infinite loop and remote code execution (on 32-bit systems with the XML_PARSE_HUGE flag enabled).

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.01112 66th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: Poc
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	libxmljs	up to 1.0.11	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	libxmljs (npm)	up to 1.0.11	—	No fix listed	GHSA-6433-x5p4-8jc7

libxmljs Vendor— Affected up to 1.0.11 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
libxmljs (npm) Vendor— Affected up to 1.0.11 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-6433-x5p4-8jc7

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:libxmljs_project:libxmljs::::::node.js::*	before 1.0.11	Vulnerable	Libxmljs Project

cpe:2.3:a:libxmljs_project:libxmljs:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions before 1.0.11 Vulnerable ·Libxmljs Project

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-34391
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6433-x5p4-8jc7

References

Exploit 2

Advisory 1

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-34391

Other 2

TI-2024-22732 libxmljs namespaces type confusion RCE CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2025-18970 A vulnerability exists in the libxmljs 1.0.11 when parsing a specially crafted XML… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2022-05547 Denial of service (DoS) in libxmljs CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5

Sources

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