GLSA 202608-19: quickjs-ng: Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Severity:	high
Title:	quickjs-ng: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date:	08/20/2026
Bugs:	#969863
ID:	202608-19

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in quickjs-ng, the worst of which could result in arbitrary code execution.

Background

quickjs-ng is a small and embeddable JavaScript engine. It aims to support the latest ECMAScript specification. It is a fork of QuickJS.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-libs/quickjs-ng	< 0.12.0	>= 0.12.0	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in quickjs-ng. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All quickjs-ng users should upgrade to the latest version:

          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/quickjs-ng-0.12.0"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202608-19.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.