CVE-2021-23470 (GCVE-0-2021-23470)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-02-04 20:05 – Updated: 2024-09-16 23:32
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Prototype Pollution
Summary
This affects the package putil-merge before 3.8.0. The merge() function does not check the values passed into the argument. An attacker can supply a malicious value by adjusting the value to include the constructor property. Note: This vulnerability derives from an incomplete fix in https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-PUTILMERGE-1317077
Severity
CWE
- Prototype Pollution
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-PUTILMERGE-2391487 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/panates/putil-merge/commit/476… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | putil-merge |
Affected:
unspecified , < 3.8.0
(custom)
|
Date Public
2022-02-04 00:00
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