{"cve":"CVE-2026-73231","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-11T20:18:48.400","modified":"2026-10-24T15:10:00.190","status":"Deferred","description":"Faker generates massive amounts of fake data in the browser and Node.js. Prior to 10.5.0, the faker.helpers.fake method in src/modules/helpers/eval.ts allows attacker-controlled fake templates to access the Function constructor through fakeEval.resolveProperty when a function returns another function, enabling arbitrary JavaScript code execution. This issue is fixed in version 10.5.0.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-95"],"references":["https://github.com/faker-js/faker/commit/54586208f904012f57c50b46cc1ad32bcbe4bfb7","https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3852","https://github.com/faker-js/faker/releases/tag/v10.5.0","https://github.com/faker-js/faker/security/advisories/GHSA-qxc2-j82w-r537","https://github.com/faker-js/faker/security/advisories/GHSA-qxc2-j82w-r537"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-24T16:53:35.584907681+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-73231","score":0.0021,"percentile":0.11146,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-qxc2-j82w-r537","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-qxc2-j82w-r537","summary":"Faker: helpers.fake exploitable into arbritary code execution","modified":"2026-09-02T14:30:05.884430461Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"@faker-js/faker","purl":"pkg:npm/%40faker-js/faker","ranges":["<10.5.0"],"fixed":["10.5.0"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}