GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-f825-f98c-gj3g automattic/mongoose vulnerable to Prototype pollution via Schema.path

HIGH Published 2022-07-29 Modified 2023-09-11 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2022-2564
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
mongoose
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-1321
Reviewed
2022-08-04

Affected packages

• npm mongoose: >= 6.0.0, < 6.4.6 → fixed in 6.4.6 • npm mongoose: < 5.13.15 → fixed in 5.13.15

Description

Mongoose is a MongoDB object modeling tool designed to work in an asynchronous environment. Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution. The `Schema.path()` function is vulnerable to prototype pollution when setting the schema object. This vulnerability allows modification of the Object prototype and could be manipulated into a Denial of Service (DoS) attack.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2022-2564 Prototype Pollution in GitHub repository automattic/mongoose prior to 6.4.6. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

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

References