CVE-2026-104848 PUBLISHED

Tinypool: Prototype Pollution gadget in worker options leads to Remote Code Execution

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 02.10.2026 Published: 02.10.2026 Updated: 02.10.2026

Tinypool is a minimal Node.js worker thread pool implementation. Prior to 2.1.1, Tinypool constructs ThreadPool.options from a normal options object and reads the execArgv and env worker options in dist/index.js, allowing values inherited from a polluted Object.prototype to be copied into own properties and passed to worker_threads.Worker. An attacker who can first pollute either property can cause each newly spawned worker to load attacker-selected JavaScript through command-line preload arguments or NODE_OPTIONS, resulting in code execution with the host process's privileges and possible access to CI secrets, signing material, or build artifacts. This issue is fixed in version 2.1.1.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CVSS Score: 9.5

Product Status

Vendor tinylibs
Product tinypool
Versions
  • Version < 2.1.1 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-1321: Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution') CWE