Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
Packages qs from 6.7.0 before 6.16.1 throw an uncaught TypeError from qs.stringify when arrayFormat is 'comma' and an array element is an object whose own toString is not callable. An attacker who can influence an object that the application later serializes with that option can trigger the throw, which crashes a Node process that has no synchronous error boundary around the call. The fix is to upgrade qs to 6.16.1 or later.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.3 | Medium | 4.0 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | CNA (harborist) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0037, the 30th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 13:33 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 13:33 UTC Confirmed by OSV
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-6pq8-jhm2-2vcw
- OSV: GHSA-6pq8-jhm2-2vcw
- github.com/ljharb/qs/security/advisories/GHSA-6pq8-jhm2-2vcw
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-110816
- github.com/ljharb/qs/commit/a952e7519338ef0cfb25694a2988848f93333727
- github.com/ljharb/qs
- github.com/ljharb/qs/releases/tag/v6.16.1