Race Condition Affecting v8/v8 package, versions [,95.0.4621.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.76% (51st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-V8V8-15357620
  • published26 Feb 2026
  • disclosed24 Feb 2026
  • creditSamuel Groß

Introduced: 24 Feb 2026

CVE-2021-37991  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade v8/v8 to version 95.0.4621.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Race Condition due to a race condition in the V8 component. An attacker can cause heap corruption and potentially execute arbitrary code by enticing a user to visit a specially crafted HTML page.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1