Prototype Pollution
Summary
Prototype Pollution
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory snyk.io
- advisory snyk.io
- patch github.com
- web github.com