Crashing any Qwik Server
Priority HIGH 73CWE-248Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-248.
Summary
@builder.io/qwik-city is the meta-framework for Qwik. When a Qwik Server Action QRL is executed it dynamically load the file containing the symbol. When an invalid qfunc is sent, the server does not handle the thrown error. The error then causes Node JS to exit. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.13.0.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00356 29th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed qwik (QwikDev): 1.13.0@builder.io/qwik-city (npm): 1.13.0
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QwikDev | qwik | before 1.13.0 | 1.13.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | @builder.io/qwik-city (npm) | before 1.13.0 | 1.13.0 | Patch available | GHSA-qr9h-j6xg-2j72 |
- qwik VendorQwikDev Affected before 1.13.0 Fixed in 1.13.0 Patch available CNA
- @builder.io/qwik-city (npm) Vendor— Affected before 1.13.0 Fixed in 1.13.0 Patch available GHSA-qr9h-j6xg-2j72
Remediation
- Fix · CNA qwik (QwikDev) Fixed in 1.13.0
- Fix · GHSA-qr9h-j6xg-2j72 @builder.io/qwik-city (npm) Fixed in 1.13.0 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-53620
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qr9h-j6xg-2j72
References
More QwikDev vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-01211 Code Injection in builderio/qwik CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-56751 gpt-crawler Arbitrary File Write via outputFileName Parameter CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-02164 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in builderio/qwik CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2024-27738 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability due to improper HTML escaping in qwik CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.3
- TI-2023-00388 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Generic in builderio/qwik CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2026-62522 Builder.io Gen2 SDKs through 5.2.11 Prototype Pollution via builder.userAttributes CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2025-53620 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-53620 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qr9h-j6xg-2j72 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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