CVE-2020-7768 (GCVE-0-2020-7768)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-11-11 10:20 – Updated: 2024-09-17 00:01
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Prototype Pollution
Summary
The package grpc before 1.24.4; the package @grpc/grpc-js before 1.1.8 are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via loadPackageDefinition.
Severity
CWE
- Prototype Pollution
Assigner
References
5 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-GRPC-598671 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-GRPCGRPCJS-1038818 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1038819 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/grpc/grpc-node/pull/1605 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/grpc/grpc-node/pull/1606 | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | grpc |
Affected:
unspecified , < 1.24.4
(custom)
|
||
| n/a | @grpc/grpc-js |
Affected:
unspecified , < 1.1.8
(custom)
|
Date Public
2020-11-11 00:00
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