GHSA-97r2-qh9m-474h
Seroval: fromJSON deserializer trusts node-supplied array length and sequence doneAt (unauthenticated event-loop DoS)
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2026-116581
- CVSS_V3
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
### Summary `fromJSON` and `fromCrossJSON` used two node fields without checking them. - An array node's element list was not checked to be an array. A small payload could set the length the decoder looped over. This part is also tracked in GHSA-wp97-x4hv-qvhp. - A sequence node's done index was not checked. A crafted value produced an iterator that never finished. ### Impact A service that passes untrusted input to `fromJSON` or `fromCrossJSON` can be made unavailable by an unauthenticated request. - The array case blocks the thread while the decoder runs. - The sequence case makes any code that reads the resulting iterator to the end run forever. ### Patches Fixed in `seroval@1.6.8`. - Element lists must be arrays. - A sequence node's throw and done indices must be integers from -1 up to the last element index. Invalid input throws `SerovalMalformedNodeError`. ### Workarounds None. Upgrade to 1.6.8.
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| npm · seroval | introduced 0, fixed 1.6.8 |
References
- https://github.com/lxsmnsyc/seroval/security/advisories/GHSA-97r2-qh9m-474h WEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116581 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/lxsmnsyc/seroval/commit/cdcee3e3bc384ee844360844f8ea98fd2b275d69 WEB
- https://github.com/lxsmnsyc/seroval/commit/e176f9267e59ddd6c9de89cc9fe85c5b37a5b728 WEB
- https://github.com/lxsmnsyc/seroval PACKAGE
- https://github.com/lxsmnsyc/seroval/releases/tag/seroval@1.6.8 WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |