GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-3rrr-jr9j-h3q3 Mermaid Architecture diagrams are vulnerable to prototype pollution

MEDIUM Published 2026-08-06 Modified 2026-08-06 Official page ↗
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