# CVE-2026-32723: SandboxJS timers have an execution-quota bypass (cross-sandbox currentTicks race)

- Also known as: GHSA-7P5M-XRH7-769R
- Severity: CVSS 4.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.8.35
- Published: 2026-03-18 · Updated: 2026-03-19

## Affected

- nyariv SandboxJS: fixed in 0.8.35
- @nyariv/sandboxjs (npm): fixed in 0.8.35

## Description

SandboxJS is a JavaScript sandboxing library. Prior to 0.8.35, SandboxJS timers have an execution-quota bypass. A global tick state (`currentTicks.current`) is shared between sandboxes. Timer string handlers are compiled at execution time using that global tick state rather than the scheduling sandbox's tick object. In multi-tenant / concurrent sandbox scenarios, another sandbox can overwrite `currentTicks.current` between scheduling and execution, causing the timer callback to run under a different sandbox's tick budget and bypass the original sandbox's execution quota/watchdog. Version 0.8.35 fixes this issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on nyariv SandboxJS, @nyariv/sandboxjs, upgrade to a fixed version (0.8.35) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/nyariv/SandboxJS/security/advisories/GHSA-7p5m-xrh7-769r
- https://github.com/nyariv/SandboxJS/commit/cc8f20b4928afed5478d5ad3d1737ef2dcfaac29

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