Eval Injection Affecting locutus package, versions <3.0.0
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- published5 Mar 2026
- disclosed4 Mar 2026
- creditTomas Illuminati Balbin
Introduced: 4 Mar 2026
NewCVE-2026-29091 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade locutus to version 3.0.0 or higher.
Overview
locutus is a Locutus other languages' stadard libraries to JavaScript for fun and educational purposes
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Eval Injection in the call_user_func_array() function, which executes eval() on user-supplied input, and does not sanitize the second argument in the input array (the method name). An attacker can execute arbitrary JavaScript code with the privileges of the Node.js runtime if the target application is being used as a gateway or router using Locutus functions.