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CVE-2022-21190: Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')

May 14, 2022 (updated May 25, 2022)

This affects the package convict before 6.2.3. This is a bypass of CVE-2022-22143 introduced, relies on the startsWith method and does not prevent the vulnerability: before splitting the path, it checks if it starts with proto or this.constructor.prototype. To bypass this check it’s possible to prepend the dangerous paths with any string value followed by a dot, like for example foo.proto or foo.this.constructor.prototype.

References

  • gist.github.com/dellalibera/cebce20e51410acebff1f46afdc89808
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-jjf5-wx3j-3fv7
  • github.com/mozilla/node-convict/blob/3b86be087d8f14681a9c889d45da7fe3ad9cd880/packages/convict/src/main.js%23L571
  • github.com/mozilla/node-convict/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md%23623---2022-05-07
  • github.com/mozilla/node-convict/commit/1ea0ab19c5208f66509e1c43b0d0f21c1fd29b75
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21190
  • snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-CONVICT-2774757

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Affected versions

All versions before 6.2.3

Fixed versions

  • 6.2.3

Solution

Upgrade to version 6.2.3 or above.

Impact 9.8 CRITICAL

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-1321: Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')

Source file

npm/convict/CVE-2022-21190.yml

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