CVE-2022-21190

HIGH

convict < 6.2.3 - Prototype Pollution via Bypass of CVE-2022-22143 Fix

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

This affects the package convict before 6.2.3. This is a bypass of [CVE-2022-22143](https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-CONVICT-2340604). The [fix](https://github.com/mozilla/node-convict/commit/3b86be087d8f14681a9c889d45da7fe3ad9cd880) introduced, relies on the startsWith method and does not prevent the vulnerability: before splitting the path, it checks if it starts with __proto__ or this.constructor.prototype. To bypass this check it's possible to prepend the dangerous paths with any string value followed by a dot, like for example foo.__proto__ or foo.this.constructor.prototype.

References (5)

Core 5

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0372
EPSS Percentile 88.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-1321
Status published
Products (2)
mozilla/convict < 6.2.3
npm/convict 0 - 6.2.3npm
Published May 13, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026