Vulnerability · Published Jan 19, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2026-1144quickjs-ng quickjs Atomics Ops quickjs.c use after free
Medium 6.3
In plain English
A medium-severity use-after-free in quickjs from quickjs-ng. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 37% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
A vulnerability was detected in quickjs-ng quickjs up to 0.11.0. Affected is an unknown function of the file quickjs.c of the component Atomics Ops Handler. The manipulation results in use after free. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used. The patch is identified as ea3e9d77454e8fc9cb3ef3c504e9c16af5a80141. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.23 | quickjs-ng | 0.11.0-r1 | ALPINE-CVE-2026-1144 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | quickjs-ng | 0.11.0-r2 | ALPINE-CVE-2026-1144 |
| Debian:13 | quickjs | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-1144 |
| Debian:14 | quickjs | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-1144 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | quickjs | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-1144 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | quickjs | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-1144 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | quickjs | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-1144 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| quickjs-ng | quickjs | 0.10.20.30.40.50.60.70.8 |
Weakness: CWE-416, CWE-119 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
References
- VDB-341737 | quickjs-ng quickjs Atomics Ops quickjs.c use after free vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-341737 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- Submit #735537 | quickjs-ng quickjs v0.11.0 Use After Free third-party-advisory
- Submit #735538 | quickjs-ng quickjs v0.11.0 Use After Free (Duplicate) third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/quickjs-ng/quickjs/issues/1301 issue-tracking
- https://github.com/quickjs-ng/quickjs/pull/1303 issue-tracking
- https://github.com/quickjs-ng/quickjs/issues/1302 exploit, issue-tracking
- https://github.com/quickjs-ng/quickjs/commit/ea3e9d77454e8fc9cb3ef3c504e9c16af5a80141 patch
- https://github.com/quickjs-ng/quickjs/ product