mathjs Allows Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object Attributes

Description

This security vulnerability allowed executing arbitrary JavaScript via the expression parser of mathjs. You can be affected when you have an application where users can evaluate arbitrary expressions using the mathjs expression parser.

Recommendation

Update the mathjs package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): >= 13.1.0, < 15.2.0
• Patched version(s): 15.2.0

References

• GHSA-jvff-x2qm-6286
• CVE-2026-41139
• CWE-915
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A6
• OWASP 2021-A8

Related Issues

• Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object Attributes in vega-util - CVE-2019-10806
• Unsafe object property setter in mathjs - CVE-2026-40897
• Parse Server's custom object ID allows to acquire role privileges - CVE-2024-47183
• Axios: no_proxy bypass via IP alias allows SSRF - CVE-2026-42038

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Tags:

npm

mathjs