# CVE-2026-116580: Seroval: Deserialization invokes attacker-chosen callables: AsyncIteratorFactoryInstance calls source.on(listener) without type check

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-110242, GHSA-7RV5-MRXV-XCR9
- Severity: CVSS 7.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.6.8
- Published: 2026-10-26 · Updated: 2026-10-26

## Affected

- lxsmnsyc seroval: fixed in 1.6.8
- seroval (npm): fixed in 1.6.8

## Description

Seroval facilitates JavaScript value stringification, including complex structures beyond JSON.stringify capabilities. Prior to 1.6.8, fromJSON rebuilds an AsyncIteratorFactoryInstance by calling source.on(listener) without requiring source to be a genuine internal stream. With untrusted Seroval input and an application plugin that returns a callable value or an object exposing an on method, a crafted node can reuse an identifier so the deserializer invokes the plugin-produced value. This is an incomplete-fix variant of CVE-2026-59940. The resulting confidentiality, integrity, or availability impact depends on the behavior exposed by the application plugin. This issue is fixed in version 1.6.8.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on lxsmnsyc seroval, seroval, upgrade to a fixed version (1.6.8) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/lxsmnsyc/seroval/security/advisories/GHSA-7rv5-mrxv-xcr9
- https://github.com/lxsmnsyc/seroval/commit/3edc78b495ea0d6bd498143e5b3e56996607c5f2
- https://github.com/lxsmnsyc/seroval/commit/50926b3ee198fb757e6ce3aa70efeed38d931c8d
- https://github.com/lxsmnsyc/seroval/releases/tag/seroval@1.6.8

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