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GHSA-2G4C-8FPM-C46V

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-03-27 21:57 – Updated: 2024-03-27 21:57

Summary

web3-utils Prototype Pollution vulnerability

Details

Impact:

The mergeDeep() function in the web3-utils package has been identified for Prototype Pollution vulnerability. An attacker has the ability to modify an object's prototype, which could result in changing the behavior of all objects that inherit from the impacted prototype by providing carefully crafted input to function.

Patches:

It has been fixed in web3-utils version 4.2.1 so all packages and apps depending on web3-utils >=4.0.1 and <=4.2.0 should upgrade to web3-utils 4.2.1.

Workarounds:

None

Severity

7.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2024-21505 (GCVE-0-2024-21505)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-03-25 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-23 19:10

Summary

Versions of the package web3-utils before 4.2.1 are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via the utility functions format and mergeDeep, due to insecure recursive merge. An attacker can manipulate an object's prototype, potentially leading to the alteration of the behavior of all objects inheriting from the affected prototype by passing specially crafted input to these functions.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-08-23 19:10 UTC

CWE

CWE-1321 - Prototype Pollution
CWE-1321 - Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')

Assigner

snyk mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-WEB3UTILS-6229337
https://github.com/web3/web3.js/commit/8ed041c663…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
n/a	web3-utils	Affected: 0 , < 4.2.1 (semver)
web3	web3-utils	Affected: 0 , < 4.2.1 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:web3:web3-utils::::::::

Credits

Tariq Hawis

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