{"id":"CVE-2026-73231","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-73231","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:57:27.985Z","title":"Prior to 10.5.0, the faker.helpers.fake method in src/modules/helpers/eval.ts allows attacker-controlled fake templates to access the Function constructor through fakeEval.resolveProperty when a function returns another function, enabling arbitrary…","description":"Faker generates massive amounts of fake data in the browser and Node.js. Prior to 10.5.0, the faker.helpers.fake method in src/modules/helpers/eval.ts allows attacker-controlled fake templates to access the Function constructor through fakeEval.resolveProperty when a function returns another function, enabling arbitrary JavaScript code execution. This issue is fixed in version 10.5.0.","published":"2026-08-11T20:18:48.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-24T15:10:00.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"security-advisories@github.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-95"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.0021,"percentile":0.11153,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.21%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/faker-js/faker/commit/54586208f904012f57c50b46cc1ad32bcbe4bfb7","source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3852","source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/faker-js/faker/releases/tag/v10.5.0","source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/faker-js/faker/security/advisories/GHSA-qxc2-j82w-r537","source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/faker-js/faker/security/advisories/GHSA-qxc2-j82w-r537","source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73231","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}