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GHSA-prm5-8g2m-24gg BIT-parse-2022-39396 CVE-2022-39396

Remote code execution via MongoDB BSON parser through prototype pollution

Critical npm
Severity
9.8 / 10
Critical · CVSS 3.1
Exploit chance (EPSS)
38.72%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Higher than 98.58% of scored vulnerabilities.
Known exploited
No
Not in CISA's catalog
Weakness
CWE-1321 Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')
Fix
4.10.18
Upgrade parse-server to this version or later

Description

Impact

An attacker can use this prototype pollution sink to trigger a remote code execution through the MongoDB BSON parser.

Patches

Prevent prototype pollution in MongoDB database adapter.

Workarounds

Disable remote code execution through the MongoDB BSON parser.

Collaborators

Mikhail Shcherbakov (KTH), Cristian-Alexandru Staicu (CISPA) and Musard Balliu (KTH) working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

References

Affected versions

npm

PackageVulnerableFixed in
parse-server
< 4.10.18
4.10.18
parse-server
>= 5.0.0, < 5.3.1
5.3.1

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.

parse-server npm → 4.10.18

npm
npm install parse-server@4.10.18
yarn
yarn add parse-server@4.10.18
pnpm
pnpm add parse-server@4.10.18

Severity breakdown

CVSS 3.1 9.8

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

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

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

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  3. Latest EPSS score
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