# CVE-2026-25521: Locutus is vulnerable to Prototype Pollution

- Also known as: GHSA-RXRV-835Q-V5MH
- Severity: CVSS 9.4 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.0.39
- Published: 2026-02-04 · Updated: 2026-07-15

## Affected

- locutusjs locutus: from 2.0.12, fixed in 2.0.39
- locutus (npm): from 2.0.12, fixed in 2.0.39

## Description

Locutus brings stdlibs of other programming languages to JavaScript for educational purposes. In versions from 2.0.12 to before 2.0.39, a prototype pollution vulnerability exists in locutus. Despite a previous fix that attempted to mitigate prototype pollution by checking whether user input contained a forbidden key, it is still possible to pollute Object.prototype via a crafted input using String.prototype. This issue has been patched in version 2.0.39.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on locutusjs locutus, locutus, upgrade to a fixed version (2.0.39) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/locutusjs/locutus/security/advisories/GHSA-rxrv-835q-v5mh
- https://github.com/locutusjs/locutus/commit/042af9ca7fde2ff599120783e720a17f335bb01c

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