Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
GHSA-8j4c-6x6g-rq3j affects the npm package music-metadata before 11.15.0, and is fixed in 11.15.0. A crafted .dsf file (or any file starting with the DSD magic) with a small chunk size makes the DSF parser skip a chunk with an un-awaited call, so the resulting error is an unhandled rejection that crashes the Node process even when the caller uses try/catch. An attacker only needs to get such a file parsed, which is a denial-of-service risk. Upgrade to music-metadata 11.15.0 or later.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.2 | Medium | 3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CNA (GitHub_M) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0036, the 29th 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-8j4c-6x6g-rq3j
- OSV: GHSA-8j4c-6x6g-rq3j
- github.com/Borewit/music-metadata/security/advisories/GHSA-8j4c-6x6g-rq3j
- github.com/Borewit/music-metadata/pull/2700
- github.com/Borewit/music-metadata/commit/e7fc27a96e789d41ece41fdac590fc7618274a41
- github.com/Borewit/music-metadata
- github.com/Borewit/music-metadata/releases/tag/v11.15.0