Prototype pollution in lutils-merge - #VU18624

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Prototype pollution in lutils-merge - #VU18624

Published: May 28, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU18624
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: npm Inc.
Affected software:
lutils-merge

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to Prototype Pollution when it performs a recursive copy of specified objects. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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