High 7.8Published Aug 11, 2026

CVE-2026-73231Faker: helpers.fake exploitable into arbritary code execution

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 06:50 UTC)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

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.

CVSS: 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-95
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Aug 13, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

faker-js faker faker_js:faker (from the name)	before 10.5.0	CNA record

References

https://github.com/faker-js/faker/security/advisories/GHSA-qxc2-j82w-r537x-refsource-confirm
https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3852x-refsource-misc
https://github.com/faker-js/faker/commit/54586208f904012f57c50b46cc1ad32bcbe4bfb7x-refsource-misc
https://github.com/faker-js/faker/releases/tag/v10.5.0x-refsource-misc

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