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Denial of Service via Array Serialization

High
lxsmnsyc published GHSA-66fc-rw6m-c2q6 Jan 21, 2026

Package

npm seroval (npm)

Affected versions

<=1.4.0

Patched versions

>=1.4.1

Description

Overriding encoded array lengths by replacing them with an excessively large value causes the deserialization process to significantly increase processing time.

Mitigation:
Seroval no longer encodes array lengths.
Instead, it computes length using Array.prototype.length during deserialization.

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE ID

CVE-2026-23957

Weaknesses

No CWEs

Credits