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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.3

CVE-2026-1144 json

quickjs-ng quickjs Atomics Ops quickjs.c use after free

published 2026-01-19 9 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2026-3238

cvss
6.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 36%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability was detected in quickjs-ng quickjs up to 0.11.0. Affected is an unknown function of the file quickjs.c of the component Atomics Ops Handler. The manipulation results in use after free. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used. The patch is identified as ea3e9d77454e8fc9cb3ef3c504e9c16af5a80141. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Patch / fix

  • quickjs openSUSE Tumbleweed 20260604-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:11037-1

  • quickjs-ng Alpine 3.23 0.11.0-r1
  • quickjs-ng Alpine 3.24 0.11.0-r2

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2026-1144

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-1144 updated cvss 6.3

quickjs-ng: quickjs-ng: Use-after-free vulnerability in Atomics Ops Handler

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
9 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/quickjs-ng/quickjs/issues/1302 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/quickjs-ng/quickjs/issues/1301 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 5.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
CNA 3.1 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CNA 3.0 6.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CNA 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C
CNA 4.0 2.1 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CNA 3.1 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • quickjs-ng quickjs

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-416 Use After Free
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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