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Description
The package protobufjs is vulnerable to Prototype Pollution, which can allow an attacker to add/modify properties of the Object.prototype. Versions after and including 6.10.0 until 6.10.3 and after and including 6.11.0 until 6.11.3 are vulnerable.
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
Basic information
Type
reviewed
Severity
high
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Published (advisory)
2022-05-28 00:00:20 UTC
Updated
2023-11-29 22:15:55 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2022-06-02 20:36:05 UTC
NVD published
2022-05-27 20:15:00 UTC
EPSS Score
Score
Percentile
0.42%
61.57%
CVSS Scores
Base score
Version
Severity
Vector
7.5
3.1
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
CWEs
CWE id
Name
CWE-1321
Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')
Credits
dotdash
(analyst)
steinz
(analyst)
Affected packages (2)
Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.
Ecosystem
Package
Vulnerable range
First patched
Vulnerable functions
npm
protobufjs
>= 6.11.0, < 6.11.3
6.11.3
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npm
protobufjs
>= 6.10.0, < 6.10.3
6.10.3
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cvelogic
Threat Intelligence