GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-j22f-vq7h-c4qm devalue: `stringify`/`uneval` serialize shared memory

HIGH Published 2026-10-01 Modified 2026-10-01 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-92708
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
devalue
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-200, CWE-226
Reviewed
2026-10-01

Affected packages

• npm devalue: >= 5.1.0, < 5.9.3 → fixed in 5.9.3

Description

Impact `stringify` and `uneval` serialize a typed array by emitting its backing `ArrayBuffer`, not just the view. In the case of a Node `Buffer` object, the backing buffer is a process-wide shared pool, meaning unrelated memory can be serialized into a response that is then sent to the client. For a Node `Buffer` the backing store is Node's process-wide shared pool, so serializing a small `Buffer` copies up to 64 KB of unrelated process memory — including bytes from other in-flight requests — into the output. In an SSR framework (SvelteKit, Nuxt) a public page whose `load()` returns a 2-byte `Buffer`, or a small file read with `readFileSync`, ships another user's request body / `Authorization` header in its HTML. Unauthenticated, silent, ~43,000× amplification. This is serialization-side, so the `parse`/`unflatten` prototype-pollution and DoS guards do not apply — it fires on every SSR render, not only when parsing untrusted input. Workarounds Convert Node `Buffer` objects to `Uint8Array`: ```diff payload = { • buffer + buffer: new Uint8Array(buffer) } ```

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-92708 Svelte devalue is a JavaScript library that serializes values into strings when JSON.stringify isn't sufficient for the job. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
  • CWE-226 Sensitive Information in Resource Not Removed Before Reuse weakness

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