CVE-2026-102992: piscina: Prototype-pollution gadget in ThreadPool.options allows RCE via execArgv / loadBalancer / env

Published Sep 30, 2026
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Updated

piscina is a node.js worker pool implementation. Prior to 4.9.4, 5.3.2, and 6.0.0-rc.5, Piscina stores ThreadPool.options in src/index.ts as a plain object that inherits from Object.prototype. Applications with a separate prototype-pollution primitive can therefore supply inherited values for security-sensitive options that do not have own defaults. An inherited execArgv value is passed to the Node.js Worker constructor and can preload attacker-controlled code in worker threads, an inherited loadBalancer function can execute during task scheduling, and inherited env values can alter worker environments. This issue is fixed in versions 4.9.4, 5.3.2, and 6.0.0-rc.5.

Affected Software

1 affected component
npm/piscina<4.9.4, >=5.0.0<5.3.2, >=6.0.0-rc.0<6.0.0-rc.5

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade piscina to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.0.0-rc.5

Event History

Sep 30, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·07:50 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·07:50 PM
DescriptionWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·08:17 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness

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