CVE-2022-21803

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-21803
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-04-12 16:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-04-20 14:07:00 UTC
DescriptionThis affects the package nconf before 0.11.4. When using the memory engine, it is possible to store a nested JSON representation of the configuration. The .set() function, that is responsible for setting the configuration properties, is vulnerable to Prototype Pollution. By providing a crafted property, it is possible to modify the properties on the Object.prototype.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-1321

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Nconf Project Nconf All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Prototype Pollution in org.webjars.npm:nconf | CVE-2022-21803 | Snyk MISC snyk.io
Prototype Pollution in nconf | CVE-2022-21803 | Snyk MISC snyk.io
fix(security): prevent prototype pollution in memory store by mhamann · Pull Request #397 · indexzero/nconf · GitHub MISC github.com
Release v0.11.4 · indexzero/nconf · GitHub MISC github.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Alessio Della Libera of Snyk Research Team

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