CVE-2022-22143 (GCVE-0-2022-22143)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-05-01 15:30 – Updated: 2024-09-17 02:02
VLAI
Title
Prototype Pollution
Summary
The package convict before 6.2.2 are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via the convict function due to missing validation of parentKey. **Note:** This vulnerability derives from an incomplete fix of another [vulnerability](https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-CONVICT-1062508)
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • Prototype Pollution
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a convict Affected: unspecified , < 6.2.2 (custom)
Date Public
2022-05-01 00:00
Credits
P.Adithya Srinivas Masudul Hasan Masud Bhuiyan Cristian-Alexandru Staicu
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