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CVE-2026-63376: toml-node: Prototype Pollution Leads to `Object.prototype` Corruption via `__proto__` Key-Path Desynchronization

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-09-03 · updated 2026-09-09
• Weakness: CWE-1321

Description

toml-node is a TOML parser for Node.js and the browser. Prior to 4.1.2, toml.parse() in lib/compiler.js can be tricked by a table path such as a.b.y.__proto__.__proto__, allowing traversal from a scalar value into Number.prototype and Object.prototype. The currentPath tracking value uses both arrays and strings, so valueAssignments records a comma-joined path such as a,b.y while deepRef checks the dot-joined path a.b.y, allowing the duplicate-key guard to miss and attacker-controlled keys to be written to Object.prototype. A table-array prefix-clearing path in addTableArray can also erase guard state before the same __proto__ traversal. Injected properties become visible throughout the Node.js process and can cause denial of service, logic or authorization bypass, or code execution when an application contains a suitable gadget. This issue is fixed in version 4.1.2.

Affected products

• BinaryMuse toml-node: before 4.1.2

References

• https://github.com/BinaryMuse/toml-node/commit/def6ab5ea99038c0dd482cd6af1745a6af8b4c44
• https://github.com/BinaryMuse/toml-node/commit/dfaff662276adc38a2e03df3139f7119b0185463
• https://github.com/BinaryMuse/toml-node/security/advisories/GHSA-v5mp-jgw5-2x6j
• https://github.com/BinaryMuse/toml-node/security/advisories/GHSA-v5mp-jgw5-2x6j

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