GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-x5rw-q4pp-hg5g devalue: stringifyAsync can cause an unhandled rejection despite a caught returned promise

HIGH Published 2026-10-01 Modified 2026-10-01 Official page ↗
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
devalue
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weaknesses
CWE-248, CWE-755
Reviewed
2026-10-01

Affected packages

• npm devalue: >= 5.8.0, < 5.9.3 → fixed in 5.9.3

Description

When serializing multiple promises, a later promise can reject before an earlier one settles. An internal rejected promise remains unhandled even if the caller catches the returned `stringifyAsync` promise. Under Node's default unhandled-rejection behavior this can terminate the process. Applications whose asynchronous failures/timing can be influenced by requests are potentially exposed. This is essentially impossible to exploit, and is much more likely to surface as a developer-introduced bug.

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-248 Uncaught Exception weakness
  • CWE-755 Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions weakness

References