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CVE-2025-61927 Detail

Description

Happy DOM is a JavaScript implementation of a web browser without its graphical user interface. Happy DOM v19 and lower contains a security vulnerability that puts the owner system at the risk of RCE (Remote Code Execution) attacks. A Node.js VM Context is not an isolated environment, and if the user runs untrusted JavaScript code within the Happy DOM VM Context, it may escape the VM and get access to process level functionality. It seems like what the attacker can get control over depends on if the process is using ESM or CommonJS. With CommonJS the attacker can get hold of the `require()` function to import modules. Happy DOM has JavaScript evaluation enabled by default. This may not be obvious to the consumer of Happy DOM and can potentially put the user at risk if untrusted code is executed within the environment. Version 20.0.0 patches the issue by changing JavaScript evaluation to be disabled by default.


Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
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Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  GitHub, Inc.
CVSS-B 7.2 HIGH
Vector:  CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/capricorn86/happy-dom/commit/819d15ba289495439eda8be360d92a614ce22405 GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/capricorn86/happy-dom/security/advisories/GHSA-37j7-fg3j-429f GitHub, Inc.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') GitHub, Inc.  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-61927
NVD Published Date:
10/10/2025
NVD Last Modified:
10/10/2025
Source:
GitHub, Inc.