CVE-2026-116584: Seroval `fromJSON`/`fromCrossJSON` denial of service via unvalidated array node length
Affects serovalSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High : upgrade to 1.6.8 soon.
Data as of 28 Oct 2026, 22:12 UTC
- 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:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 26 Oct 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by 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
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| npmseroval | Affected
| Fixed in
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Description
### Summary `fromJSON` and `fromCrossJSON` did not check that an array node's element list is an array. A small crafted payload could set the length the decoder used. That length controlled how much memory was allocated and how many times the decoder looped, and it did not depend on the size of the payload. ### Impact A service that passes untrusted input to `fromJSON` or `fromCrossJSON` can be made unavailable by an unauthenticated request. - A small payload can allocate enough memory to end the process. - A small payload can block the thread for seconds, or without end. This affects any framework that decodes request bodies with these functions before its own validation runs. This issue is a bypass of the fix for GHSA-66fc-rw6m-c2q6 in 1.4.1. ### Patches Fixed in `seroval@1.6.8`. The deserializer now rejects any node whose element list is not an array, and throws `SerovalMalformedNodeError`. ### Workarounds None. Upgrade to 1.6.8.
References
- github.com/lxsmnsyc/seroval/security/advisories/GHSA-wp97-x4hv-qvhp (opens in a new tab)
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116584 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/lxsmnsyc/seroval/commit/cdcee3e3bc384ee844360844f8ea98fd2b275d69 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/lxsmnsyc/seroval (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/lxsmnsyc/seroval/releases/tag/seroval@1.6.8 (opens in a new tab)