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CVE-2022-25878: Prototype Pollution in protobufjs

May 27, 2022 (updated June 8, 2022)

The package protobufjs before 6.11.3 is vulnerable to Prototype Pollution which can allow an attacker to add/modify properties of the Object.prototype. This vulnerability can occur in multiple ways: 1. by providing untrusted user input to util.setProperty or to ReflectionObject.setParsedOption functions 2. by parsing/loading .proto files

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-g954-5hwp-pp24
  • github.com/protobufjs/protobuf.js/blob/d13d5d5688052e366aa2e9169f50dfca376b32cf/src/util.js%23L176-L197
  • github.com/protobufjs/protobuf.js/commit/b5f1391dff5515894830a6570e6d73f5511b2e8f
  • github.com/protobufjs/protobuf.js/pull/1731
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-25878
  • snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-2841507
  • snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-PROTOBUFJS-2441248

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 6.11.3

Fixed versions

  • 6.11.3

Solution

Upgrade to version 6.11.3 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

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

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Weakness

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

Source file

npm/protobufjs/CVE-2022-25878.yml

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