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Faker: helpers.fake exploitable into arbritary code execution
Faker: helpers.fake exploitable into arbritary code execution
Affected packages
- @faker-js/faker
Exploit signal
- Known exploited (CISA KEV)
- No
- EPSS score
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- EPSS percentile
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EPSS is the probability a CVE is exploited in the wild; percentile is its rank among all CVEs.
Sources
- https://github.com/faker-js/faker/security/advisories/GHSA-qxc2-j82w-r537
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73231
- https://github.com/faker-js/faker/pull/3852
- https://github.com/faker-js/faker/commit/54586208f904012f57c50b46cc1ad32bcbe4bfb7
- https://github.com/faker-js/faker
- https://github.com/faker-js/faker/releases/tag/v10.5.0
Structured record: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-qxc2-j82w-r537
Recommended response stack
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