CVE-2022-25878
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.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.34%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.34% probability · 83th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-1321
- Affected
- protobufjs project/protobufjs
- Source
- report@snyk.io
References
- https://github.com/protobufjs/protobuf.js/blob/d13d5d5688052e366aa2e9169f50dfca376b32cf/src/util.js%23L176-L197Broken Link
- https://github.com/protobufjs/protobuf.js/commit/b5f1391dff5515894830a6570e6d73f5511b2e8fPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/protobufjs/protobuf.js/pull/1731Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-2841507Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-PROTOBUFJS-2441248Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/protobufjs/protobuf.js/blob/d13d5d5688052e366aa2e9169f50dfca376b32cf/src/util.js%23L176-L197Broken Link
- https://github.com/protobufjs/protobuf.js/commit/b5f1391dff5515894830a6570e6d73f5511b2e8fPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/protobufjs/protobuf.js/pull/1731Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-2841507Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-PROTOBUFJS-2441248Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.