devalue: Cross-request process memory disclosure in devalue when `stringify` / `uneval` serialize Node Buffers
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 1 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
Svelte devalue is a JavaScript library that serializes values into strings when JSON.stringify isn't sufficient for the job. In versions 5.1.0 through 5.9.2, stringify and uneval functions serialize a typed array by emitting its entire backing ArrayBuffer rather than only the view, so serializing a Node Buffer, whose backing store is a process-wide shared pool, discloses up to 64 KB of unrelated process memory, including bytes from other in-flight requests. In a server-side-rendered framework such as SvelteKit or Nuxt, a public page whose load() returns a small Buffer, or that reads a small file, can therefore ship another user's request body or Authorization header in its HTML without authentication. Because this occurs during serialization, it fires on every such render and is not mitigated by the parse/unflatten prototype-pollution and denial-of-service guards, which only apply when parsing untrusted input. As a workaround, convert Node Buffer objects to Uint8Array before serialization. This issue has been fixed in version 5.9.3.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sveltejs | devalue | 5.1.0 to before 5.9.3 | 5.9.3 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | devalue (npm) | 5.1.0 to before 5.9.3 | 5.9.3 | Patch available | GHSA-j22f-vq7h-c4qm |
- devalue Vendorsveltejs Affected 5.1.0 to before 5.9.3 Fixed in 5.9.3 Patch available CNA
- devalue (npm) Vendor— Affected 5.1.0 to before 5.9.3 Fixed in 5.9.3 Patch available GHSA-j22f-vq7h-c4qm
Remediation
- Fix · CNA devalue (sveltejs) Fixed in 5.9.3
- Fix · GHSA-j22f-vq7h-c4qm devalue (npm) Fixed in 5.9.3 Advisory →
Red Hat 1 advisory
- RHSA-2026:84734 Released 2026-10-19 · Red Hat rating CriticalRHOAI 3.4.5 - Red Hat OpenShift AI
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-ai-gateway-payload-processing-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-automl-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-autorag-rhel9 +47
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Build of Podman Desktop | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:84734 |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4
- Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-92708
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j22f-vq7h-c4qm
- 2026-10-10 Affected versions changed · 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
References
More sveltejs vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-13469 SvelteKit framework has Insufficient CSRF protection for CORS requests CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-13464 SvelteKit has Insufficient Cross-Site Request Forgery Protection CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-15660 Sending a GET or HEAD request with a body crashes SvelteKit CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2024-30159 Potential mXSS vulnerability due to improper HTML escaping in svelte CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2025-23466 SvelteKit allows XSS via tracked search_params CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2025-13940 Svelte 5.46.0 - Hydratable Key Script-Breakout XSS (SSR) CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-92708 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-92708 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-j22f-vq7h-c4qm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-92708 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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