CVE-2025-64726

Code execution via inherited NODE_OPTIONS configuration

Published Nov 13, 2025 · Updated Nov 13, 2025

Code injection in Socket Firewall before 0.15.5 allows attackers to execute JavaScript through a crafted project configuration file. The sfw wrapper imports values from an untrusted .sfw.config file into its Node.js environment, allowing NODE_OPTIONS with --require to load attacker-controlled code before security controls start. Exploitation requires a developer to run an sfw command inside the attacker-controlled project, after which the code runs with that developer's access.

CVSS severity7.3
High
EPSS probability0.15%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Code injection in Socket Firewall before 0.15.5 allows attackers to execute JavaScript through a crafted project configuration file. The sfw wrapper imports values from an untrusted .sfw.config file into its Node.js environment, allowing NODE_OPTIONS with --require to load attacker-controlled code before security controls start. Exploitation requires a developer to run an sfw command inside the attacker-controlled project, after which the code runs with that developer's access.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-64726
Published
Nov 13, 2025
Updated
Nov 13, 2025
Vendor
Socket
Product
Socket Firewall
Classifications
CWE-15, CWE-427, T1204.002, T1059.007
Attack vector
local
Privileges
Unavailable

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Nov 13, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Nov 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=< 0.15.5

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesUnavailable in this record.

What is affected?

Socket · Socket Firewallversion=< 0.15.5

Published CVSS scores

7.3GitHubCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
PrivilegesUnavailable
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-15External Control of System or Configuration Setting
CWE-427Uncontrolled Search Path Element
T1204.002User Execution: Malicious File
T1059.007Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript/JScript

Public exploit references

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