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CVE-2026-25521

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2026-25521 is a high-severity prototype pollution vulnerability affecting Locutus versions 2.0.12 through 2.0.38, a library that integrates other programming language standard libraries into JavaScript. An attacker can exploit this flaw by crafting malicious input through String.prototype, despite previous attempts to mitigate such issues. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a high potential for impact including confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise, with low attack complexity and local privileges required. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.0.12, < 2.0.39CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:locutus:locutus:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 4.0

9.4CRITICAL

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
VS Confidentiality
HIGH
VS Integrity
HIGH
VS Availability
HIGH
SS Confidentiality
HIGH
SS Integrity
HIGH
SS Availability
HIGH
Exploit Maturity
NOT_DEFINED
CvssVersion
4.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
17.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0026 is in the 53rd percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: locutusFixed in: 2.0.39

Vendor Advisories (2)

redhatCVE-2026-25521Critical

locutus: Locutus is vulnerable to Prototype Pollution

Feb 4, 2026
npmGHSA-rxrv-835q-v5mhcritical

locutus is vulnerable to Prototype Pollution

Feb 2, 2026

References

access.redhat.com / security/cve/CVE-2026-25521
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
security.access.redhat.com / data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-25521.json
github.com / locutusjs/locutus/commit/042af9ca7fde2ff599120783e720a17f335bb01c
Patch
github.com / locutusjs/locutus/security/advisories/GHSA-rxrv-835q-v5mh
ExploitVendor Advisory