CVE-2026-53597

Prompty: Arbitrary code execution via JavaScript frontmatter in TypeScript loader

Published Jul 16, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 8.7 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Prompty is a markdown file format (.prompty) for LLM prompts. From 2.0.0-alpha.1 until 2.0.0-beta.3, the @prompty/core TypeScript loader in runtime/typescript/packages/core/src/core/loader.ts used gray-matter without overriding executable js and javascript frontmatter engines, allowing an attacker-controlled .prompty file with ---js frontmatter to execute arbitrary JavaScript during prompt loading. This issue is fixed in version 2.0.0-beta.3.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-c4gh-rv8h-q9vw Prompty: Arbitrary code execution via JavaScript frontmatter in TypeScript loader
History
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First Time appeared Microsoft
Microsoft prompty
Vendors & Products Microsoft
Microsoft prompty
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Description Prompty is a markdown file format (.prompty) for LLM prompts. From 2.0.0-alpha.1 until 2.0.0-beta.3, the @prompty/core TypeScript loader in runtime/typescript/packages/core/src/core/loader.ts used gray-matter without overriding executable js and javascript frontmatter engines, allowing an attacker-controlled .prompty file with ---js frontmatter to execute arbitrary JavaScript during prompt loading. This issue is fixed in version 2.0.0-beta.3.
Title Prompty: Arbitrary code execution via JavaScript frontmatter in TypeScript loader
Weaknesses CWE-94
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Jul 18, 2026, 2:51 AM
Reserved
Jun 9, 2026, 7:39 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Jul 16, 2026, 4:19 PM
Modified
Oct 24, 2026, 8:10 PM