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CVE-2022-25878

The package protobufjs before 6.11.3 are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution which can allow an attacker to add/modify pro

The package protobufjs before 6.11.3 are 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.

HIGH · CVSS 8.2 EPSS 0.00422
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  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-1321Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')
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Affected Products & Versions

1
protobufjs project protobufjs< 6.11.3
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
npm protobufjs HIGH fixed in 6.11.3
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Public Exploits & PoCs

2
pocsnyk.io · SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-2841507snyk.io
pocsnyk.io · SNYK-JS-PROTOBUFJS-2441248snyk.io
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Scoring & Timeline

8.2
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · report@snyk.io
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD27 May 2022 · 08:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
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References & Sources

3
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://github.com/protobufjs/protobuf.js/blob/d13d5d5688052e366aa2e9169f50dfca376b32cf/src/util.js%23L176-L197Broken Link
https://github.com/protobufjs/protobuf.js/commit/b5f1391dff5515894830a6570e6d73f5511b2e8fPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/protobufjs/protobuf.js/pull/1731PatchThird Party Advisory
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