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devalue: Residual sparse-array CPU amplification in uneval

Type: advisorySource: OSV1 source record

`uneval` performs synchronous work proportional to a sparse array's declared length. An application that passes attacker-influenced sparse values to `uneval` can suffer event-loop blocking. Since attacker-controlled creation of sparse arrays is so difficult, this vulnerability is very difficult to exploit.

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GHSA-hx4r-w6wj-j8fg

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: osv:GHSA-hx4r-w6wj-j8fg

devalue

Source reference: /affected/0/package/name

Affected versions
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Fixed versions
5.9.3

Source reference: /affected/0/ranges

Prerequisites
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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

[
  {
    "ranges": [
      {
        "type": "SEMVER",
        "events": [
          {
            "introduced": "0"
          },
          {
            "fixed": "5.9.3"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "package": {
      "name": "devalue",
      "purl": "pkg:npm/devalue",
      "ecosystem": "npm"
    },
    "database_specific": {
      "source": "https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/10/GHSA-hx4r-w6wj-j8fg/GHSA-hx4r-w6wj-j8fg.json",
      "last_known_affected_version_range": "<= 5.9.2"
    }
  }
]

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