CVE-2024-21505

State
Published
Severity
7.5 High
Published
Mar 25, 2024
Updated
Aug 23, 2024
Reserved
Dec 22, 2023

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Description

Versions of the package web3-utils before 4.2.1 are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via the utility functions format and mergeDeep, due to insecure recursive merge. An attacker can manipulate an object's prototype, potentially leading to the alteration of the behavior of all objects inheriting from the affected prototype by passing specially crafted input to these functions.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Psnyk

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
web3-utilsn/a
  • before 4.2.1Affected

References

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