CVE-2026-46510: form-data-objectizer: Prototype pollution in form-data-objectizer via bracket-notation form keys
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form-data-objectizer walks bracket-notation form keys (e.g. name[sub]) into nested objects without filtering __proto__, constructor, or prototype. A single HTTP form field whose name starts with __proto__[...] causes the library to mutate Object.prototype, which is a prototype pollution primitive of the entire Node.js process.
The bug is in treatInitial and treatSecond inside index.cjs:
if (inputName in result) { // 'in' walks the prototype chain, so '__proto__' matches
newResult = result[inputName] // newResult === Object.prototype
}
// ...
result[key] = value // sets the property on Object.prototype
With the form key __proto__[polluted] and value yes:
treatInitialmatchesinputName = "__proto__",rest = "[polluted]"."__proto__" in resultis true (inherited), sonewResult = result["__proto__"], which isObject.prototype.treatSecondrecurses withkey = "polluted",newRest = "", and assignsObject.prototype.polluted = "yes".
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