A crafted JavaScript input can trigger an internal assertion failure in QuickJS release…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-617.
Summary
A crafted JavaScript input can trigger an internal assertion failure in QuickJS release 2025-09-13, fixed in commit 1dbba8a88eaa40d15a8a9b70bb1a0b8fb5b552e6 (2025-12-11), in file gc_decref_child in quickjs.c, when executed with the qjs interpreter using the -m option. This leads to an abort (SIGABRT) during garbage collection and causes a denial-of-service.
Why it matters now
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-69653
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8q73-2fwv-c9pp
References
More Quickjs vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-38733 Use-after-free in js_std_promise_rejection_check in QuickJS CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2025-42911 A crafted JavaScript input executed with the QuickJS release 2025-09-13, fixed in commit… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2025-29366 quickjs-ng through 0.9.0 has an incorrect size calculation in JS_ReadBigInt for a BigInt… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
- TI-2025-38738 Integer overflow in js_bigint_from_string in QuickJS CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
- TI-2025-38737 Type confusion in string addition in QuickJS CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
- TI-2025-38736 Type confusion in string addition in QuickJS CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
Sources
- CVE-2025-69653 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-69653 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8q73-2fwv-c9pp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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