Code Injection in Happy DOM - CVE-2026-33943
Published: April 27, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU128057
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-33943
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability exists due to improper control of code generation in ECMAScriptModuleCompiler when processing crafted ES module export declarations in HTML content. A remote attacker can inject a specially crafted JavaScript expression to execute arbitrary code.
Exploitation requires JavaScript evaluation to be enabled and user interaction to process attacker-controlled HTML content.
Affected software
Happy DOM
How to mitigate CVE-2026-33943
Install security update from vendor's website.
Happy DOM - update to 20.8.8