GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-3rrr-jr9j-h3q3 Mermaid Architecture diagrams are vulnerable to prototype pollution
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-71437
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- mermaid
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-1321
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-06
Affected packages
• npm mermaid: >= 11.5.0, < 11.16.1 → fixed in 11.16.1
Description
Rendering an untrusted `architecture-beta` diagram lets the diagram author write an arbitrary property with the value `horizontal` or `vertical` onto `Object.prototype`. A group id of `__proto__` is accepted as a valid parent.
Impact
Any code in the same realm that reads a property of that name from an arbitrary object, or enumerates an object with bare `for...in`, observes the injected value (which can only be the string `horizontal` or `vertical`.
This may mean corrupted option/config defaults, bypassed truthiness checks, causing denial of service or logic corruption in the embedding application.
Because the injected value cannot be an object or function, this is not directly exploitable for remote code execution.
PoC
```
architecture-beta
group mermaidPrototypePollutionMarker(cloud)[Marker]
service a(server)[A] in __proto__
service b(server)[B] in mermaidPrototypePollutionMarker
a:R -- L:b
```
The vulnerable write was introduced in commit cb0a4703bdf01d47508bde1c08aa9a980d70bc20 and first shipped in `[email protected]`. The lines are unchanged in every release since.
Patches
This has been patched by https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/commit/99af3fc35ef0a9a9c8c6314521344d67523ddccf, released in Mermaid v11.16.1
Workarounds
There are no known workarounds. Please update to a patched version.
References
_Are there any links users can visit to find out more?_
• https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/commit/99af3fc35ef0a9a9c8c6314521344d67523ddccf
• https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/releases/tag/mermaid%4011.16.1
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-71437 Mermaid is a JavaScript tool that uses Markdown-inspired text to create and modify diagrams and charts. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-1321 Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes weakness
References
- https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/security/advisories/GHSA-3rrr-jr9j-h3q3 web
- https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/pull/8022 web
- https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/commit/99af3fc35ef0a9a9c8c6314521344d67523ddccf web
- https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid package
- https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/releases/tag/[email protected] web