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CVE-2026-73649: Velocity.js: Remote Code Execution via property-read to Function constructor (bypass of CVE-2026-44966 fix)

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 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: 2026-08-13 · updated 2026-10-24
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Velocity.js is a JavaScript implementation of the Apache Velocity template engine. Prior to 2.1.7, the earlier fix for CVE-2026-44966 filtered constructor, __proto__, and prototype only in the #set assignment handler in src/compile/set.ts, while property-read expressions in src/compile/references.ts remained unfiltered. The getReferences() flow called getAttributes(), whose property access allowed an attacker-controlled template to traverse constructor.constructor to the JavaScript Function constructor. The #set handler validated only the assignment target and did not inspect the right-hand property-read expression, allowing arbitrary shell commands, environment-variable access, cloud-credential access, and internal-network access in the server process. This issue is fixed in version 2.1.7.

Affected products

• shepherdwind velocity.js: before 2.1.7

References

• https://github.com/shepherdwind/velocity.js/commit/f8e47a6c4607249b9c967d3a1ced959b4dd64dba
• https://github.com/shepherdwind/velocity.js/pull/192
• https://github.com/shepherdwind/velocity.js/releases/tag/v2.1.7
• https://github.com/shepherdwind/velocity.js/security/advisories/GHSA-7gfh-x38p-prh3
• https://github.com/shepherdwind/velocity.js/security/advisories/GHSA-7gfh-x38p-prh3

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