CVE-2026-1245
MEDIUMCVE-2026-1245 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.5) Code Injection vulnerability in binary-parser. O3 Security confirms whether CVE-2026-1245 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.
CVE-2026-1245
Blast Radius
Weekly download volume for affected packages — a proxy for how broadly this vulnerability is deployed.
binary-parsernpmDescription
A code injection vulnerability in the binary-parser library prior to version 2.3.0 allows arbitrary JavaScript code execution when untrusted values are used in parser field names or encoding parameters. The library directly interpolates these values into dynamically generated code without sanitization, enabling attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of the Node.js process.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 📦npm | binary-parser | all versions | 2.3.0 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for binary-parser. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update binary-parser to 2.3.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2026-1245 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether CVE-2026-1245 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to CVE-2026-1245. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2026-1245 in your dependencies?
O3 detects CVE-2026-1245 across npm dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.