CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-16328

Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')

Published: Oct 03, 2019 | Modified: Dec 02, 2022
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

In RPyC 4.1.x through 4.1.1, a remote attacker can dynamically modify object attributes to construct a remote procedure call that executes code for an RPyC service with default configuration settings.

Weakness

The product receives input from an upstream component that specifies attributes that are to be initialized or updated in an object, but it does not properly control modifications of attributes of the object prototype.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Rpyc Rpyc_project 4.1.0 (including) 4.1.1 (including)
Rpyc Ubuntu trusty *
Rpyc Ubuntu upstream *

Extended Description

By adding or modifying attributes of an object prototype, it is possible to create attributes that exist on every object, or replace critical attributes with malicious ones. This can be problematic if the product depends on existence or non-existence of certain attributes, or uses pre-defined attributes of object prototype (such as hasOwnProperty, toString or valueOf). This weakness is usually exploited by using a special attribute of objects called proto, constructor or prototype. Such attributes give access to the object prototype. This weakness is often found in code that assigns object attributes based on user input, or merges or clones objects recursively.

Potential Mitigations

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