CVE-2026-102992

PUBLISHED
Published: 30 Sept 2026, 19:50
Last modified:30 Sept 2026, 19:50

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100
CVSS Score
9.2 CRITICAL
v4.0 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

30 Sept 2026, 19:50
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v4.0•CRITICAL•Score: 9.2CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-1321•Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')

    The product receives input from an upstream component that specifies attributes that are to be initialized or updated in an object, but it does not properly control modifications of attributes of the object prototype.

Affected Systems

  • piscinajs•piscina

    < 4.9.4 | ≥ 5.0.0, < 5.3.2 | ≥ 6.0.0-rc.1, < 6.0.0-rc.5

References (8)