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CVE-2021-25916criticalCWE-1321

CVE-2021-25916

28Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 9.8epss 3.5%
exploitation probability
3.5%top 12% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
In short

The 'patchmerge' library has a flaw that lets attackers pollute the core object structure (prototype pollution), which can crash the application or potentially execute malicious code on the server.

Technical detail

Prototype pollution vulnerability in patchmerge 1.0.0-1.0.1 allows an attacker to inject properties into the Object prototype through crafted merge operations, resulting in denial of service and potential remote code execution depending on how polluted properties are used downstream.

Summary generated and translated by AI from the official description.
Prototype pollution vulnerability in 'patchmerge' versions 1.0.0 through 1.0.1 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service and may lead to remote code execution.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
n/a · patchmerge