CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-22143

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

Published: May 01, 2022 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
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
9.8 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Ubuntu

The package convict before 6.2.2 are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via the convict function due to missing validation of parentKey. Note: This vulnerability derives from an incomplete fix of another vulnerability

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
Convict Mozilla * 6.2.2 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References