CVE-2020-7608 (GCVE-0-2020-7608)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-03-16 19:49 – Updated: 2024-08-04 09:33
VLAI
Summary
yargs-parser could be tricked into adding or modifying properties of Object.prototype using a "__proto__" payload.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • Prototype Pollution
Assigner
snyk CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 60/100 over 17 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a yargs-parser Affected: All versions prior to version 18.1.1 and patches at 13.1.2 and 15.0.1
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