Chrome · V8
CVE-2026-78938
Type Confusion in V8
Overview
High
Severity
—
CVSS
No
Exploited ITW
Fixed
Fix Status
Files Changed
src/heap/setup-heap-internal.cc
Patch
From 6f81b563fa9e3fde15412b0e3ab2b1e2b7e6d0d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pthier <pthier@chromium.org>
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2026 11:58:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Native builtins are strict
There was a discrepancy between native builtins registered in
bootstrapper vs setup-heap-internal.
The former marked the builtins as strict, whereas the latter didn't.
Mark builtins as strict also in setup-heap-internal.
Fixed: 545767601
Change-Id: Ida4da4bdcfe7dcfdc16f1da0ec022a65cf853ce8
Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/v8/v8/+/8274474
Reviewed-by: Leszek Swirski <leszeks@chromium.org>
Commit-Queue: Patrick Thier <pthier@chromium.org>
Cr-Commit-Position: refs/heads/main@{#109425}
---
diff --git a/src/heap/setup-heap-internal.cc b/src/heap/setup-heap-internal.cc
index b6d23f6..e7b27b1 100644
--- a/src/heap/setup-heap-internal.cc
+++ b/src/heap/setup-heap-internal.cc
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
DirectHandle<SharedFunctionInfo> shared =
isolate->factory()->NewSharedFunctionInfoForBuiltin(
isolate->factory()->empty_string(), builtin, len, kAdapt, kind);
+ shared->set_language_mode(LanguageMode::kStrict);
return shared;
}
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Original Bug Report
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