Out-of-bounds Read Affecting ghost package, versions <6.58.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-MINIMOSLATEST-GHOST-18970210
  • published20 Aug 2026
  • disclosed6 Aug 2026

Introduced: 6 Aug 2026

CVE-2026-71498  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Minimos:latest ghost to version 6.58.0-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghost package and not the ghost package as distributed by Minimos. See How to fix? for Minimos:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

node-re2 provides RE2 regular expression bindings for Node.js. Prior to version 1.26.1, passing a Buffer whose final bytes form a truncated (incomplete) multi-byte UTF-8 sequence could cause the native binding to read past the end of the allocated buffer while attempting to decode the final, incomplete code point. This could result in an out-of-bounds read and potential disclosure of adjacent memory contents. This issue is fixed in version 1.26.1.