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FurqanSoftware/node-whois vulnerable to Prototype Pollution

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Dec 19, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 29, 2023

Package

npm whois (npm)

Affected versions

< 2.13.6

Patched versions

2.13.6

Description

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Furqan node-whois. Affected is an unknown function of the file index.coffee. The manipulation leads to improperly controlled modification of object prototype attributes ('prototype pollution'). It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The name of the patch is 46ccc2aee8d063c7b6b4dee2c2834113b7286076. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-216252.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 19, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Dec 19, 2022
Reviewed Dec 19, 2022
Last updated Jan 29, 2023

Severity

Critical
9.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE ID

CVE-2020-36618

GHSA ID

GHSA-97jv-c342-5xhc
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