Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution') Affecting nodejs-full-i18n package, versions <1:14.18.2-2.module+el8.5.0+20489+261d51d3


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.36% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-NODEJSFULLI18N-2577933
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed11 Dec 2020

Introduced: 11 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-7788  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1321  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 nodejs-full-i18n to version 1:14.18.2-2.module+el8.5.0+20489+261d51d3 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2022-0350.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nodejs-full-i18n package and not the nodejs-full-i18n package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

This affects the package ini before 1.3.6. If an attacker submits a malicious INI file to an application that parses it with ini.parse, they will pollute the prototype on the application. This can be exploited further depending on the context.

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