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TI-2026-36854 Aliases CVE-2026-50029GHSA-m34p-749j-x6m6

js-toml has silent type confusion via falsy-primitive duplicate-key bypass

Priority MEDIUM 63CWE-697Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

js-toml is a TOML parser for JavaScript, Prior to version 1.1.2, the interpreter checks whether a key already exists in a parser-built container with `if (object[key])` instead of `if (key in object)`. When the prior value is a falsy primitive — `false`, `0`, `0n`, `0.0`, `-0`, or `""` — the duplicate-key branch is skipped and the value is silently overwritten by a later sub-table, dotted-key sub-table, or array-of-tables sharing the same name. Per the TOML 1.0.0 spec ("Defining a key multiple times is invalid"; "You cannot define any key or table more than once"), this should be a parse error. The result is structural type confusion of attacker-named keys in the value returned by `load()`. A boolean-typed `false` (or numeric `0`) becomes a truthy object. Host applications that gate behavior on `if (config.flag)`, `if (!user.banned)`, `if (config.allowDelete)`, or `if (config.publicMode)` will silently take the truthy branch. This is distinct from GHSA-65fc-cr5f-v7r2 (the 1.0.2 prototype-pollution fix). `Object.prototype` is not polluted. The `Object.create(null)` mitigation from 1.0.2 is intact; the bug here is in the duplicate-key state machine, not in container construction. Version 1.1.2 patches the incorrect comparison.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00398 34th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed js-toml (sunnyadn): 1.1.2js-toml (npm): 1.1.2

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
sunnyadnjs-tomlbefore 1.1.21.1.2Patch availableCNA
—js-toml (npm)before 1.1.21.1.2Patch availableGHSA-m34p-749j-x6m6
  • js-toml Vendorsunnyadn Affected before 1.1.2 Fixed in 1.1.2 Patch available CNA
  • js-toml (npm) Vendor— Affected before 1.1.2 Fixed in 1.1.2 Patch available GHSA-m34p-749j-x6m6

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA js-toml (sunnyadn) Fixed in 1.1.2
  • Fix · GHSA-m34p-749j-x6m6 js-toml (npm) Fixed in 1.1.2 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-50029
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m34p-749j-x6m6

References

  • TI-2025-34557 js-toml is vulnerable to Prototype Pollution CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.9
  • TI-2026-36479 CPU exhaustion via O(n^2) BigInt construction on radix-prefixed integer literals CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-45186 js-toml: Uncontrolled recursion in `load()` causes `RangeError` (stack exhaustion) on deeply nested input CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3

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