Prototype pollution in deep-merge - CVE-2024-38986
Published: March 20, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU105895
CSH Severity: Critical
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-38986
CWE-ID: CWE-1321
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation. A remote attacker can merge methods of lodash to merge objects, which can result in information disclosure or data manipulation.
Affected software
deep-merge
Cognos Dashboards on Cloud Pak for Data
Cognos Dashboards on Cloud Pak for Data
How to mitigate CVE-2024-38986
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..
deep-merge - update to 1.1.2
Cognos Dashboards on Cloud Pak for Data - update to 5.1
Cognos Dashboards on Cloud Pak for Data - update to 5.1