Findings

CVE-2026-3990

A security flaw has been discovered in CesiumGS CesiumJS up to 1.137.0.

Published Mar 12, 2026 · corrected/updated Jun 17, 2026 · evidence confidence medium

A security flaw has been discovered in CesiumGS CesiumJS up to 1.137.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file Apps/Sandcastle/standalone.html. The manipulation of the argument c results in cross site scripting. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The presence of this vulnerability remains uncertain at this time. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way. According to CVE-2023-48094, "the vendor's position is that Apps/Sandcastle/standalone.html is part of the CesiumGS/cesium GitHub repository, but is demo code that is not part of the CesiumJS JavaScript library product."

Grounded briefings

Catalog interpretations for three audiences. Each brief cites ingested metadata and the original advisories below. They are not independent research and they do not invent exploit steps.

Executive

CVE-2026-3990 is a low public vulnerability record for this product. It is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited catalog. Check the linked vendor or CERT advisories for patch status. This summary is a catalog interpretation of the ingested metadata and cites the original advisories below.

System administrator

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Security analyst

Signals on file: CVSS 2.1. It is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited catalog. Weakness classes: CWE-79, CWE-94. Sources contributing to this record: cve_org, nvd. Public exploit references, when present, are outbound links only and are not proof of active exploitation. This is a catalog interpretation of stored metadata.

Exploitation and remediation

  • Exploitation evidence

    Not listed as known exploited in CISA KEV. Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

  • Patch and remediation

    No required-action text is stored yet. Use the vendor or CERT links in Sources for patch availability.

  • Safe detection guidance

    Compare installed versions with the affected ranges below and verify the advisory from the original publisher. This site stores metadata and outbound links only; it does not ship exploit code or proof-of-concept payloads.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Mar 12, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    A security flaw has been discovered in CesiumGS CesiumJS up to 1.137.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file Apps/Sandcastle/standalone.html. The manipulation of the argument c results in cross site scripting. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The presence of this vulnerability remains uncertain

  2. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    A security flaw has been discovered in CesiumGS CesiumJS up to 1.137.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file Apps/Sandcastle/standalone.html. The manipulation of the argument c results in cross site scripting. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The presence of this vulnerability remains uncertain

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-3990

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-3990

    A security flaw has been discovered in CesiumGS CesiumJS up to 1.137.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file Apps/Sandcastle/standalone.html. The manipulation of the argument c results in cross site scripting. The attack can be launched remotely. The e

    nvd.nist.gov

References