CVE-2026-116580: Seroval: Deserialization invokes attacker-chosen callables: AsyncIteratorFactoryInstance calls source.on(listener) without type check

Published Oct 26, 2026
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Updated

Seroval facilitates JavaScript value stringification, including complex structures beyond JSON.stringify capabilities. Prior to 1.6.8, fromJSON rebuilds an AsyncIteratorFactoryInstance by calling source.on(listener) without requiring source to be a genuine internal stream. With untrusted Seroval input and an application plugin that returns a callable value or an object exposing an on method, a crafted node can reuse an identifier so the deserializer invokes the plugin-produced value. This is an incomplete-fix variant of CVE-2026-59940. The resulting confidentiality, integrity, or availability impact depends on the behavior exposed by the application plugin. This issue is fixed in version 1.6.8.

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade npm/seroval to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.6.8
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade seroval to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.6.8
  3. Compensating control

    Avoid plugins whose deserialize function returns functions or objects with an on method when decoding untrusted input.

Event History

Oct 26, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·08:35 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·08:35 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·09:18 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness
Oct 28, 2026
Advisory Published
via GitHub·09:17 PM
Data Sourced
via GitHub·09:17 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software

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