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Security Advisories: MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLWY5Y20tcW14NS1tOTho
Prototype Pollution in merge
Versions of merge before 1.2.1 are vulnerable to prototype pollution. The merge.recursive function can be tricked into adding or modifying properties of the Object prototype.
Recommendation
Update to version 1.2.1 or later.
Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f9cm-qmx5-m98hJSON: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories/MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLWY5Y20tcW14NS1tOTho
Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: High
Classification: General
Published: about 6 years ago
Updated: about 1 year ago
CVSS Score: 7.5
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Identifiers: GHSA-f9cm-qmx5-m98h, CVE-2018-16469
References:
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16469
- https://hackerone.com/reports/381194
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f9cm-qmx5-m98h
- https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/722
Affected Packages
npm:merge
Dependent packages: 2,573Dependent repositories: 536,429
Downloads: 14,753,521 last month
Affected Version Ranges: < 1.2.1
Fixed in: 1.2.1
All affected versions: 1.0.0, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.2.0
All unaffected versions: 1.2.1, 2.1.0, 2.1.1