{"answers":{"affected":"2 open source packages ship an affected version, including handlebars. It affects 1 product.","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-33916 exists.","fix":"Upgrade handlebars to 4.7.9 or later.","what":"CVE-2026-33916 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in handlebars-lang handlebars.js, published on 27 Mar 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-33916 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-33916 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in handlebars-lang handlebars.js, published on 27 Mar 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-33916 exists.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- handlebars (npm): affected from 4.0.0; fixed in 4.7.9\n- handlebars (npm): affected from 4.0.0; fixed in 4.7.9\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-33916/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-33916/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-33916","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-33916/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-33916","record":{"aliases":["CLEANSTART-2026-BA07139","CLEANSTART-2026-UA73241","DEBIAN-CVE-2026-33916","GHSA-2qvq-rjwj-gvw9","MINI-44jc-3hjp-j8p9","MINI-4ffv-qvgc-9gc9","MINI-574j-mg2c-wxw9","MINI-7m99-g547-v4xv","MINI-c7fg-jx9x-gqp3","MINI-cc3c-6j7m-82wp","MINI-ff52-x699-gjm3","MINI-hf4x-xcgh-7v9x","MINI-j6x4-mww4-q7v3","MINI-pf4q-86vc-qx79","MINI-rjcf-qww2-cvqv","MINI-xm59-6gcx-rc5g","MINI-xr62-f2qr-427g","MINI-xr6g-j9cf-8phr","ROOT-APP-NPM-CVE-2026-33916","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-33916"],"analysis":{"component_type":"library","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"JavaScript templating library","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Prototype pollution in Handlebars.js allows attackers to inject malicious scripts via partial templates, leading to cross-site scripting.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"xss"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"GitHub_M","cpe":[{"product":"handlebars","vendor":"handlebarsjs"}],"cvss":{"score":4.7,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-79","name":"Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation"},{"id":"CWE-1321","name":"Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes"}],"description":"Handlebars provides the power necessary to let users build semantic templates. In versions 4.0.0 through 4.7.8, `resolvePartial()` in the Handlebars runtime resolves partial names via a plain property lookup on `options.partials` without guarding against prototype-chain traversal. When `Object.prototype` has been polluted with a string value whose key matches a partial reference in a template, the polluted string is used as the partial body and rendered without HTML escaping, resulting in reflected or stored XSS. Version 4.7.9 fixes the issue. Some workarounds are available. Apply `Object.freeze(Object.prototype)` early in application startup to prevent prototype  pollution. Note: this may break other libraries, and/or use the Handlebars runtime-only build (`handlebars/runtime`), which does not compile templates  and reduces the attack surface.","ecosystems":["npm"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Handlebars.js has Prototype Pollution Leading to XSS through Partial Template Injection","id":"CVE-2026-33916","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"npm","product":null,"products":[],"type":"xss","year":"2026"},"n_packages":2,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"OpenEMR has SQL Injection in CAMOS Form","id":"CVE-2026-33917"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":["4.7.9"],"introduced":["4.0.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"handlebars","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-2qvq-rjwj-gvw9"},{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":["4.7.9"],"introduced":["4.0.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"handlebars","purl":"pkg:npm/handlebars","source":"GHSA-2qvq-rjwj-gvw9"}],"prev":{"headline":"OpenEMR Missing ACL Checks on Insurance Company API Routes","id":"CVE-2026-33915"},"products":["handlebars.js"],"published":"2026-03-27","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Handlebars.js has JavaScript Injection via AST Type Confusion","id":"CVE-2026-33937","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-03-27"},{"cvss_score":8.3,"headline":"Handlebars.js has JavaScript Injection in CLI Precompiler via Unescaped Names and Options","id":"CVE-2026-33941","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-03-27"},{"cvss_score":8.1,"headline":"Handlebars.js has JavaScript Injection via AST Type Confusion by tampering @partial-block","id":"CVE-2026-33938","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-03-27"},{"cvss_score":8.1,"headline":"Handlebars.js has JavaScript Injection via AST Type Confusion when passing an object as dynamic partial","id":"CVE-2026-33940","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-03-27"},{"cvss_score":8.1,"headline":"Arbitrary Code Execution in Handlebars","id":"CVE-2019-20920","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-09-30"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"Handlebars.js has Denial of Service via Malformed Decorator Syntax in Template Compilation","id":"CVE-2026-33939","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-03-27"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"Regular Expression Denial of Service in Handlebars","id":"CVE-2019-20922","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-09-30"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"GitHub Advisory Database","prefix":"GHSA"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"poc","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-03-30","vendors":["handlebars-lang"]},"summary":"Prototype pollution in Handlebars.js allows attackers to inject malicious scripts via partial templates, leading to cross-site scripting.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-33916/"}