CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-23507

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

Published: Feb 04, 2022 | Modified: Feb 09, 2022
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The package object-path-set before 1.0.2 are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via the setPath method, as it allows an attacker to merge object prototypes into it. Note: This vulnerability derives from an incomplete fix in https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-OBJECTPATHSET-607908

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
Object-path-set Skratchdot * 1.0.2 (excluding)

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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