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CVE-2023-36665

Published: Jul 5, 2023Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-1321
NVD MITRE
9.8CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
1.4%
Top 30.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

"protobuf.js (aka protobufjs) 6.10.0 through 7.x before 7.2.5 allows Prototype Pollution, a different vulnerability than CVE-2022-25878. A user-controlled protobuf message can be used by an attacker to pollute the prototype of Object.prototype by adding and overwriting its data and functions. Exploitation can involve: (1) using the function parse to parse protobuf messages on the fly, (2) loading .proto files by using load/loadSync functions, or (3) providing untrusted input to the functions ReflectionObject.setParsedOption and util.setProperty.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

CWE-1321

Affected Products

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

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://github.com/protobufjs/protobuf.js/commit/e66379f451b0393c27d87b37fa7d271619e16b0d
github.com
https://github.com/protobufjs/protobuf.js/compare/protobufjs-v7.2.3...protobufjs-v7.2.4
github.com
https://github.com/protobufjs/protobuf.js/pull/1899
github.com
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Timeline

Published
Jul 5, 2023
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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