CVE-2026-97711

Description

Serialize JavaScript serializes JavaScript values to a superset of JSON that includes regular expressions and functions. From 7.1.1 until 7.1.2, function values serialized by serialize-javascript are not fully protected against script-closing tags in attacker-influenced function source because SCRIPT_CLOSE_REGEXP can consume a second closing tag inside one match. When the serialized function is embedded in a script element, the surviving closing tag terminates the element early and causes the remaining output to be parsed as HTML, enabling cross-site scripting in the page origin. Only function values are affected; ordinary data values and options.isJSON output are unaffected. This issue is fixed in version 7.1.2.

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CVSS version: CVSS v4.0

References

• MITRE
• NVD
• Launchpad
• Debian

Other references

• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97711
• https://github.com/yahoo/serialize-javascript/security/advisories/GHSA-gfhx-hw2g-v5hg
• https://github.com/yahoo/serialize-javascript/commit/2bdbaaff9cb8a4639135eb24cfcd383d3fefb534
• https://github.com/yahoo/serialize-javascript/releases/tag/v7.1.2