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CVE-2022-25878

Prototype Pollution

Published: May 27, 2022Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-1321
NVD MITRE
8.2CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
2.1%
Top 21.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

The package protobufjs before 6.11.3 are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution which can allow an attacker to add/modify properties of the Object.prototype. This vulnerability can occur in multiple ways: 1. by providing untrusted user input to util.setProperty or to ReflectionObject.setParsedOption functions 2. by parsing/loading .proto files

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:HA:L
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:HIntegrity
High
A:LAvailability
Low
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Weaknesses

CWE-1321

Affected Products

protobufjsn/a
protobufjsprotobufjs project
Library
OSS Libraries / generic-library
protobufjsnpmOSS Libraries
protobufjs projectoss-projectOSS Librariesaka protobufjs, protobufjs-cli
npmpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-PROTOBUFJS-2441248
snyk.io
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-2841507
snyk.io
https://github.com/protobufjs/protobuf.js/blob/d13d5d5688052e366aa2e9169f50dfca376b32cf/src/util.js%23L176-L197
github.com
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Timeline

Published
May 27, 2022
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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