CVE-2026-33939 (GCVE-0-2026-33939)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-03-27 21:08
Modified
2026-03-30 18:52
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VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-754 - Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
Summary
Handlebars provides the power necessary to let users build semantic templates. In versions 4.0.0 through 4.7.8, when a Handlebars template contains decorator syntax referencing an unregistered decorator (e.g. `{{*n}}`), the compiled template calls `lookupProperty(decorators, "n")`, which returns `undefined`. The runtime then immediately invokes the result as a function, causing an unhandled `TypeError: ... is not a function` that crashes the Node.js process. Any application that compiles user-supplied templates without wrapping the call in a `try/catch` is vulnerable to a single-request Denial of Service. Version 4.7.9 fixes the issue. Some workarounds are available. Wrap compilation and rendering in `try/catch`. Validate template input before passing it to `compile()`; reject templates containing decorator syntax (`{{*...}}`) if decorators are not used in your application. Use the pre-compilation workflow; compile templates at build time and serve only pre-compiled templates; do not call `compile()` at request time.
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Impacted products
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| handlebars-lang | handlebars.js |
Version: >= 4.0.0, < 4.7.9 |
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