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CRITICALCVSS 9.8EPSS 0.5%

CVE-2026-73649

CVE-2026-73649 updated by NVD

Published
2026-07-24
Modified
2026-09-20
EPSS percentile
40%
Sources
github-advisory, nvd

Summary

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 packages

EcosystemPackageAffected versionsFixed versions
npmvelocityjs2.1.7

Remediation: Upgrade to 2.1.7 or later.

References

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EPSS scores provided by the FIRST.org Exploit Prediction Scoring System.