CVE-2021-44906

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-44906
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-03-17 16:15:07 UTC
Updated2026-10-08 21:17:42 UTC
DescriptionMinimist <=1.2.5 is vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via file index.js, function setKey() (lines 69-95).

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.045810000 probability, percentile 0.914080000 (date 2026-10-10)

Problem Types: CWE-1321 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Substack Minimist All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Prototype Pollution in minimist | CVE-2020-7598 | Snyk af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 snyk.io Exploit, Not Applicable, Patch, Third Party Advisory
JavaScript-vulnerability-detection/minimist PoC.zip at main · Marynk/JavaScript-vulnerability-detection · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
javascript - Adding custom properties to a function - Stack Overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 stackoverflow.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0006 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.netapp.com
insufficient fix for prototype pollution in setKey() CVE-2021-44906 · Issue #164 · substack/minimist · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
minimist/index.js at master · substack/minimist · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 160361 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for nodejs:16 (ELSA-2022-9073-1)
  • 160373 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for nodejs:14 (ELSA-2023-0050)
  • 160410 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for nodejs and nodejs-nodemon (ELSA-2023-0321)
  • 180816 Debian Security Update for node-minimist (CVE-2021-44906)
  • 240414 Red Hat Update for rh-nodejs12-nodejs security (RHSA-2022:4914)
  • 240589 Red Hat Update for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.6 (RHSA-2022:5893)
  • 240590 Red Hat Update for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.6 (RHSA-2022:5892)
  • 240591 Red Hat Update for red hat jboss enterprise application platform 7.4.6 (RHSA-2022:5894)
  • 240747 Red Hat Update for rh-nodejs14-nodejs (RHSA-2022:7044)
  • 241026 Red Hat Update for nodejs:16 security (RHSA-2022:9073)
  • 241041 Red Hat Update for nodejs:14 security (RHSA-2023:0050)
  • 241117 Red Hat Update for nodejs and nodejs-nodemon security (RHSA-2023:0321)
  • 241160 Red Hat Update for rh-nodejs14-nodejs and rh-nodejs14-nodejs-nodemon (RHSA-2023:0612)
  • 241304 Red Hat Update for nodejs:14 security (RHSA-2023:1533)
  • 241341 Red Hat Update for nodejs:14 security (RHSA-2023:1742)
  • 378045 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for nodejs:14 (ALINUX3-SA-2023:0026)
  • 379452 IBM Cognos Analytics Multiple Vulnerabilities (7123154)
  • 752086 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for nodejs14 (SUSE-SU-2022:1462-1)
  • 752088 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for nodejs12 (SUSE-SU-2022:1461-1)
  • 752142 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for nodejs10 (SUSE-SU-2022:1717-1)
  • 905100 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for reaper (12617)
  • 940859 AlmaLinux Security Update for nodejs:16 (ALSA-2022:9073)
  • 940865 AlmaLinux Security Update for nodejs:14 (ALSA-2023:0050)
  • 940906 AlmaLinux Security Update for nodejs and nodejs-nodemon (ALSA-2023:0321)
  • 960468 Rocky Linux Security Update for nodejs:16 (RLSA-2022:9073)
  • 960517 Rocky Linux Security Update for nodejs and nodejs-nodemon (RLSA-2023:0321)
  • 960645 Rocky Linux Security Update for nodejs:14 (RLSA-2023:0050)

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