Race Condition Affecting v8/v8 package, versions [,14.7.135-pgo)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-V8V8-15954226
  • published9 Apr 2026
  • disclosed8 Apr 2026
  • creditQYmag1c

Introduced: 8 Apr 2026

CVE-2026-5893  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade v8/v8 to version 14.7.135-pgo or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Race Condition due to mishandling of a TA grown by a background thread. An attacker can cause heap corruption by enticing a user to visit a specially crafted HTML page.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1