Browserslist: Uncaught crash / prototype write via untrusted browserslist-stats.json custom stats (normalizeStats)
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 26 fixed, 18 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-248.
Summary
Browserslist is a configuration tool for sharing target browsers and Node.js versions between front-end tools. Prior to 4.28.7, normalizeStats() in node.js, reached unconditionally through getStat() and loadStat() on every browserslist() call, processes untrusted browserslist-stats.json, opts.stats, and CLI --stats data with an unguarded for...in loop and plain-object bracket access and assignment, allowing inherited Object.prototype keys including __proto__, toString, valueOf, constructor, hasOwnProperty, and isPrototypeOf to cause an uncaught TypeError or modify the prototype of the returned normalized object. This issue is fixed in version 4.28.7.
Why it matters now
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| browserslist | browserslist | before 4.28.7 | 4.28.7 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | browserslist (npm) | before 4.28.7 | 4.28.7 | Patch available | GHSA-73wf-gq98-2v4g |
- browserslist Vendorbrowserslist Affected before 4.28.7 Fixed in 4.28.7 Patch available CNA
- browserslist (npm) Vendor— Affected before 4.28.7 Fixed in 4.28.7 Patch available GHSA-73wf-gq98-2v4g
Remediation
- Fix · CNA browserslist (browserslist) Fixed in 4.28.7
- Fix · GHSA-73wf-gq98-2v4g browserslist (npm) Fixed in 4.28.7 Advisory →
Red Hat 33 advisories
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Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Node HealthCheck Operator | Affected | No fix yet |
| OpenShift Lightspeed | Affected | No fix yet |
| OpenShift Pipelines | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Build of Podman Desktop | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 9 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Connectivity Link 1 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Edge Manager 1 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat build of Apache Camel - HawtIO 4 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Secrets Management Console for Red Hat OpenShift | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:56338 |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:56357 |
| Red Hat Discovery 2 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:54760 |
| Red Hat Edge Manager 1.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:68044, RHSA-2026:68253 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images | Fixed | RHSA-2026:54517, RHSA-2026:54518 |
| Red Hat Migration Toolkit 1.8 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:68681 |
| Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:65126, RHSA-2026:87410 |
| Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:84734, RHSA-2026:92510 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.21 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:60478 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.22 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:60442 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3.30 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:68754 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3.0 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:59548 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:59561 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:59554 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3.3 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:59566 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3.4 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:59583 |
| Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.19 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:92650 |
| Red Hat Quay 3.10 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:66084 |
| Red Hat Quay 3.12 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:66523 |
| Red Hat Quay 3.14 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:70267 |
| Red Hat Quay 3.15 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:63307 |
| Red Hat Quay 3.9 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:65514 |
| Red Hat Satellite 6.18 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:63373, RHSA-2026:68765 |
| Red Hat Satellite 6.19 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:63355, RHSA-2026:68748, RHSA-2026:68755 |
| Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer 1.3 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:70829 |
| Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer 1.4 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:83598 |
Not affected: 38 products
- Cryostat 4
- Gatekeeper 3
- OpenShift Service Mesh 3
- Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2
- Red Hat AMQ Broker 7
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2
- Red Hat Build of Keycloak
- Red Hat Data Grid 8
- Red Hat Developer Hub 1
- Red Hat Discovery 2
- Red Hat Edge Manager 1.1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat Hardened Images
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack
- Red Hat Migration Toolkit 1.8
- Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.21
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.22
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5
- Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3.30
- Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3.4
- Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.19
- Red Hat Quay 3.10
- Red Hat Quay 3.12
- Red Hat Quay 3.14
- Red Hat Quay 3.15
- Red Hat Quay 3.9
- Red Hat Satellite 6
- Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer 1.3
- Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer 1.4
- Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-73088
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-73wf-gq98-2v4g
- 2026-10-11 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
- 2026-10-16 Fix available: RHSA-2026:83598 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-16 Fix available: Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer 1.4 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-20 Fix available: RHSA-2026:84734 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-20 Fix available: Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-22 Fix available: RHSA-2026:87410 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-27 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: RHSA-2026:92510 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.19 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-31 Fix available: RHSA-2026:92650 · Red Hat
References
More browserslist vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-51296 Browserslist: Unbounded memory growth (no cache eviction) via distinct query results, leading to eventual OOM CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-73088 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-73088 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-73wf-gq98-2v4g · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-73088 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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