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CVE-2026-116581VulnerabilityPublished

Seroval: fromJSON deserializer trusts node-supplied array length and sequence doneAt (unauthenticated event-loop DoS)

Affects serovalSource GCVE Database

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-116581· High 7.5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High : upgrade to 1.6.8 soon.

Data as of 28 Oct 2026, 22:12 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.5High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
Patch
Available – fixed in 1.6.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 26 Oct 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade seroval to 1.6.8.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
npmserovalAffected
  • <1.6.8
Fixed in
  • 1.6.8

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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.

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