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High · 8.3 CVE-2026-82404 EUVD-2026-70214GHSA-p95v-992w-h6c3

TOON: Prototype pollution when decoding untrusted TOON input

Published Sep 2, 2026 · Updated Sep 2, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

TOON is a compact, human-readable serialization of JSON data for LLM prompts. Prior to 2.3.1, decoding attacker-controlled TOON with a __proto__, constructor, or prototype key wrote through the object prototype chain instead of creating an own property, polluting Object.prototype for the runtime. In packages/toon/src/decode/expand.ts, the expandPaths: 'safe' path and insertPathSafe function made dotted keys such as a.__proto__.x the strongest vector, while plain nested objects, tabular rows, quoted keys, and streaming decode were also affected. The encoder also dropped own __proto__ properties and could invoke an inherited setter during normalization. Services that decode untrusted TOON could experience denial of service or, when a suitable downstream gadget is present, remote code execution. This issue is fixed in version 2.3.1.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
toon-format toon < 2.3.1 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm @toon-format/toon < 2.3.1 2.3.1 GHSA-p95v-992w-h6c3

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