🛡️ CVE-2024-53382 on npm (Root.io) — prismjs

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2024-53382 as tracked by npm (Root.io), for the package prismjs. The fix is available in version 1.27.0-root.io.1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
• Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Changed — a successful attack reaches components beyond the vulnerable one.
• Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

ROOT-APP-NPM-CVE-2024-53382 is classified as CWE-94: Code Injection. Input is incorporated into code that the runtime evaluates, so an attacker can have their own code executed.

Affected software

ROOT-APP-NPM-CVE-2024-53382 is recorded against 2 packages.

• @rootio/prismjs (fixed in 1.27.0-root.io.1)
• prismjs (fixed in 1.27.0-aikido.2)

Timeline and source

Published on 4 June 2026 and last revised on 5 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-94: Code Injection) in other software:

• CVE-2025-13146 (6.5 Medium, published 22 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2025-14287 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2024-56373 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29216 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2024-28397 (8.0 High, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-39660 (8.0 High, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-33733 (8.0 High, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2024-4181 (8.8 High, published 7 Jul 2026)

CVE-2024-53382 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

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