CVE-2026-53597 PUBLISHED

Prompty: Arbitrary code execution via JavaScript frontmatter in TypeScript loader

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 09.06.2026 Published: 16.07.2026 Updated: 16.07.2026

Prompty is a markdown file format (.prompty) for LLM prompts. From 2.0.0-alpha.1 until 2.0.0-beta.3, the @prompty/core TypeScript loader in runtime/typescript/packages/core/src/core/loader.ts used gray-matter without overriding executable js and javascript frontmatter engines, allowing an attacker-controlled .prompty file with ---js frontmatter to execute arbitrary JavaScript during prompt loading. This issue is fixed in version 2.0.0-beta.3.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.7

Product Status

Vendor microsoft
Product prompty
Versions
  • Version >= 2.0.0-alpha.1, < 2.0.0-beta.3 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') CWE