org.webjars.npm:yargs-parser@13.1.0 vulnerabilities

  • latest version

    21.1.1

  • latest non vulnerable version

  • first published

    8 years ago

  • latest version published

    2 years ago

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  • Direct Vulnerabilities

    Known vulnerabilities in the org.webjars.npm:yargs-parser package. This does not include vulnerabilities belonging to this package’s dependencies.

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    Prototype Pollution

    org.webjars.npm:yargs-parser is a mighty option parser used by yargs.

    Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution. The library could be tricked into adding or modifying properties of Object.prototype using a __proto__ payload.

    Our research team checked several attack vectors to verify this vulnerability:

    1. It could be used for privilege escalation.
    2. The library could be used to parse user input received from different sources:
      • terminal emulators
      • system calls from other code bases
      • CLI RPC servers

    How to fix Prototype Pollution?

    Upgrade org.webjars.npm:yargs-parser to version 5.0.1, 13.1.2, 15.0.1, 18.1.3 or higher.

    [0,5.0.1)[7.0.0,13.1.2)[15.0.0,15.0.1)[16.1.0,18.1.3)