CVEvulnerability

CVE-2022-21803

7.5 HIGH Published 2022-04-12 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2022-04-12
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.3 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-1321

Description

This affects the package nconf before 0.11.4. When using the memory engine, it is possible to store a nested JSON representation of the configuration. The .set() function, that is responsible for setting the configuration properties, is vulnerable to Prototype Pollution. By providing a crafted property, it is possible to modify the properties on the Object.prototype.

Affected configurations

• nconf project nconf (< 0.11.4)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-1321 Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes weakness

References