Critical severity · published Sep 30, 2026
CVE-2026-102992
piscina: Prototype-pollution gadget in ThreadPool.options allows RCE via execArgv / loadBalancer / env
9.2
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
piscina is a node.js worker pool implementation. Prior to 4.9.4, 5.3.2, and 6.0.0-rc.5, Piscina stores ThreadPool.options in src/index.ts as a plain object that inherits from Object.prototype. Applications with a separate prototype-pollution primitive can therefore supply inherited values for security-sensitive options that do not have own defaults. An inherited execArgv value is passed to the Node.js Worker constructor and can preload attacker-controlled code in worker threads, an inherited loadBalancer function can execute during task scheduling, and inherited env values can alter worker environments. This issue is fixed in versions 4.9.4, 5.3.2, and 6.0.0-rc.5.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 43% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PI
piscina · piscinajs
< 4.9.4; >= 5.0.0, < 5.3.2; >= 6.0.0-rc.1, < 6.0.0-rc.5 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102992
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-102992
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/piscinajs/piscina/security/advisories/GHSA-67c8-pqhq-4rmx
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/piscinajs/piscina/commit/0cb12fca37f526065b072592afe954574dcc656f
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/piscinajs/piscina/commit/2f69f67159a0e48b38fd61fa4a91c2fdc19fff72
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/piscinajs/piscina/commit/5be7bbb19e3787bb698862cd516121a578d690f7
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/piscinajs/piscina/commit/bebbda255c2981cecddd36b171b94be2fd41c9a6
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/piscinajs/piscina/releases/tag/v4.9.4
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