Vulnerability in joi (CVE-2026-90771)
Summary
Vulnerability in joi (CVE-2026-90771). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 18.2.9 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
joi before versions 17.13.8 and 18.2.9 contains a prototype pollution vulnerability in the messages compilation function that accepts proto as an error code. Attackers can supply proto keys in custom messages to replace the returned object's prototype, breaking downstream code relying on Object.prototype methods.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-90771 has been found in joi.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 3.7/10.
What to do: upgrade joi to 18.2.9 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "joi CVE-2026-90771" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-90771 (joi) — CWE-1321 / CVSS v3 3.7
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: 18.2.9 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-1321) exists in joi.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of joi.
Severity: Low (CVSS 3.7/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to 18.2.9.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'joi' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'joi' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
joiを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade joi to 18.2.9ステージング環境で 18.2.9 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
References
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