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Critical · 9.2 CVE-2026-102992 EUVD-2026-90364GHSA-67c8-pqhq-4rmx

piscina: Prototype-pollution gadget in ThreadPool.options allows RCE via execArgv / loadBalancer / env

Published Sep 30, 2026 · Updated Sep 30, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

piscina is a node.js worker pool implementation. Prior to 4.9.4, 5.3.2, and 6.0.0-rc.5, Piscina stores ThreadPool.options in src/index.ts as a plain object that inherits from Object.prototype. Applications with a separate prototype-pollution primitive can therefore supply inherited values for security-sensitive options that do not have own defaults. An inherited execArgv value is passed to the Node.js Worker constructor and can preload attacker-controlled code in worker threads, an inherited loadBalancer function can execute during task scheduling, and inherited env values can alter worker environments. This issue is fixed in versions 4.9.4, 5.3.2, and 6.0.0-rc.5.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
piscinajs piscina < 4.9.4, >= 5.0.0, < 5.3.2, >= 6.0.0-rc.1, < 6.0.0-rc.5 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 python-tensorboard No fix yet —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm piscina >= 5.0.0, < 5.3.2 5.3.2 GHSA-67c8-pqhq-4rmx
npm piscina < 4.9.4 4.9.4 GHSA-67c8-pqhq-4rmx
npm piscina >= 6.0.0-rc.1, < 6.0.0-rc.5 6.0.0-rc.5 GHSA-67c8-pqhq-4rmx

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