GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-fx6f-382r-j72c CyberChef: Prototype pollution in Series Chart operation

MEDIUM Published 2026-09-24 Modified 2026-09-24 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-57439
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
cyberchef
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-1321, CWE-79
Reviewed
2026-09-24

Affected packages

• npm cyberchef: < 11.2.0 → fixed in 11.2.0

Description

On 5 June 2026 CyberChef received a security vulnerability report from @hyuunnn detailing a vulnerability in the Series Chart operation, where malicious input could result in prototype pollution of the data structures outputted from the operation. Other operations following Series Chart could have their behaviour manipulated by the attacker-controlled prototype, for example, injecting malicious content into their HTML output. In this case, a demonstration was provided that chained the Series Chart operation with the Parse UDP operation to cause attacker controlled JavaScript to be executed. Details When the Series Chart operation parses user-supplied CSV, it accepts `__proto__` as a key and uses it to pollute the object. The objToTbale function in src/core/lib/Protocol.mjs, used in a number of IP parsing operations, renders data items within `` tags without escaping. These bugs can be chained to produce an XSS vulnerability. Proof of Concept https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/#recipe=Series_chart('CRLF','Comma','',1,'')Parse_UDP('Raw')&input=X19wcm90b19fLDxpbWcgc3JjPXggb25lcnJvcj1hbGVydChkb2N1bWVudC5kb21haW4pPiwxParse_UDP('Raw')&input=X19wcm90b19fLDxpbWcgc3JjPXggb25lcnJvcj1hbGVydChkb2N1bWVudC5kb21haW4pPiwx) Encoded input data is: ``` __proto__,,1 ``` Impact Objects with attacker controlled prototypes could be processed by CyberChef operations. This enabled control of the output of some operations, and in particular, the ability to insert malicious JavaScript into the output of the Parse UDP operation. Patches This has been patched in release v11.2.0. Workarounds No workarounds are available. Users must upgrade to CyberChef v11.2.0.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-57439 CyberChef is a web app for encryption, encoding, compression, and data analysis. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-1321 Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness

References