CVE-2026-106446
validatedZero produced an exploit or a check.GHSA-8r5x-fm3f-whwj ↗EUVD-2026-93969 ↗
description
Handlebars before 4.7.10 can generate attacker-controlled JavaScript when an application passes an untrusted object to compile() or precompile() instead of a template string. This can execute code in the server process during rendering or in environments that load generated precompiled templates. Applications that pass only template strings are not affected.
mitigation
Upgrade the npm handlebars package to version 4.7.10 or later. Ensure inputs to compile() and precompile() are strings, and use the runtime-only build on servers that compile templates only during builds.
outcome
Mechanism verified: the exploit fired on the vulnerable build and stayed silent on the patched one, but the server it ran against was ours, so no check ships for it.
source signals
Public signals that triggered or updated the pipeline. These are inputs for the deltas above.
- 2026-10-05 22:40Z
- 2026-10-06 19:41Zcve_org: trigger signal, started the run
- 2026-10-08 17:52Z
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published 2026-10-06 20:01Z
last change 2026-10-21 12:26Z
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