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GHSA-f6v4-cf5j-vf3w CVE-2024-21529

dset Prototype Pollution vulnerability

High npm
Severity
0.0 / 10
High · CVSS 4.0
Exploit chance (EPSS)
0.75%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Higher than 55.02% of scored vulnerabilities.
Known exploited
No
Not in CISA's catalog
Weakness
CWE-1321 Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')
Fix
3.1.4
Upgrade dset to this version or later

Description

Versions of the package dset before 3.1.4 are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via the dset function due improper user input sanitization. This vulnerability allows the attacker to inject malicious object property using the built-in Object property proto, which is recursively assigned to all the objects in the program.

Affected versions

npm

PackageVulnerableFixed in
dset
< 3.1.4
3.1.4

How to fix

Move to the fixed version or later with your package manager, update the lockfile, and run your tests. If the package only arrives through another dependency, upgrade that dependency first. If none of its releases pulls a fixed version yet, force the version with your package manager's override.

dset npm → 3.1.4

npm
npm install dset@3.1.4
yarn
yarn add dset@3.1.4
pnpm
pnpm add dset@3.1.4

Severity breakdown

CVSS 4.0 0.0

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality (vulnerable system)
None
Integrity (vulnerable system)
High
Availability (vulnerable system)
Low
Confidentiality (subsequent systems)
None
Integrity (subsequent systems)
None
Availability (subsequent systems)
None

CVSS 3.1 8.2

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
Low

Weakness

CWE-1321: Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')

The product receives input from an upstream component that specifies attributes that are to be initialized or updated in an object, but it does not properly control modifications of attributes of the object prototype.

How to prevent it
  • Implementation: By freezing the object prototype first (for example, Object.freeze(Object.prototype)), modification of the prototype becomes impossible.
  • Architecture and Design: By blocking modifications of attributes that resolve to object prototype, such as proto or prototype, this weakness can be mitigated.
  • Implementation: When handling untrusted objects, validating using a schema can be used.
  • Implementation: By using an object without prototypes (via Object.create(null) ), adding object prototype attributes by accessing the prototype via the special attributes becomes impossible, mitigating this weakness.
  • Implementation: Map can be used instead of objects in most cases. If Map methods are used instead of object attributes, it is not possible to access the object prototype or modify it.

References

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. Last updated by the source
  3. Latest EPSS score
AdvisorySeverityWhy it's related
GHSA-23wx-cgxq-vpwx
Prototype Pollution in dset
High Also affects dset
GHSA-q4xc-7cw8-cgfj
dset vulnerable to prototype pollution
Critical Also affects dset
GHSA-6wvx-3r32-xmcg
Forge: Prototype Pollution in forge.http cookie handling via a malicious Set-Cookie
Medium Same weakness, CWE-1321
GHSA-7648-jmwf-vw7j
systeminformation has prototype pollution in `networkStats()` via the interface name
Medium Same weakness, CWE-1321
GHSA-m2m5-rw3w-cwmj
ApostropheCMS: Client-side Prototype Pollution in apos.http.parseQuery leading to DOM-based XSS against authenticated users
Medium Same weakness, CWE-1321
GHSA-j5rq-xfvr-p969
ApostropheCMS: Authenticated projection-exclusion prototype-member deletion in @apostrophecms/db-connect causes process-wide denial of service
High Same weakness, CWE-1321
GHSA-97rh-rhh2-7vjv
Payload: Remote Code Execution through first-register
High Same weakness, CWE-1321
GHSA-4q55-j62x-fr9h
devalue: Malformed null-prototype object keys bypass __proto__ rejection via property-key coercion
Medium Same weakness, CWE-1321
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