Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') Affecting v8/v8 package, versions [,14.8.72)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-V8V8-16700500
  • published15 May 2026
  • disclosed14 May 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 14 May 2026

NewCVE-2026-8570  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-843  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade v8/v8 to version 14.8.72 or higher.

Overview

v8/v8 is a None

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion'). via the V8 process. An attacker can access sensitive information from process memory by enticing a user to visit a specially crafted HTML page.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1