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CVE-2026-115895

HIGH 8.8

Happy DOM: Incomplete fix for CVE-2026-33943: unsanitized import alias leads to host code execution

CVSS Score
8.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

Happy DOM is a JavaScript implementation of a web browser without its graphical user interface. From 17.0.0 until 21.0.4, packages/happy-dom/src/module/ECMAScriptModuleCompiler.ts accepts a named ESM import alias without validating that it is a JavaScript binding identifier before inserting it into a generated destructuring binding. With enableJavaScriptEvaluation enabled, attacker-controlled HTML or module source can use an invalid alias that becomes a valid default initializer after compilation, causing the generated JavaScript to execute in the Node.js host process. The demonstrated reachable path uses a JSON module import attribute, which prevents the malicious alias from being emitted again in a later ESM circular-import assignment and keeps the generated function syntactically valid. This incomplete fix for CVE-2026-33943 is a distinct residual path because the earlier remediation validated the local export importName path but not the named-import alias. This issue is fixed in version 21.0.4.

CWE CWE-94
Vendor capricorn86
Product happy-dom
Published Oct 23, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Affected Versions

capricorn86 / happy-dom
>= 17.0.0, < 21.0.4

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/capricorn86/happy-dom/security/advisories/GHSA-834v-8h66-3h79 github.com: https://github.com/capricorn86/happy-dom/pull/2537 github.com: https://github.com/capricorn86/happy-dom/commit/fd163520b74d9fa146be91f7b4e4f46d6cccbe13 github.com: https://github.com/capricorn86/happy-dom/releases/tag/v21.0.4