CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-28860

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

Published: May 03, 2021 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
9.1
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

In Node.js mixme, prior to v0.5.1, an attacker can add or alter properties of an object via proto through the mutate() and merge() functions. The polluted attribute will be directly assigned to every object in the program. This will put the availability of the program at risk causing a potential denial of service (DoS).

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
Mixme Adaltas * 0.5.1 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References