Vulnerability · Published Jan 7, 2022 · Assigned by snyk

CVE-2021-23568Prototype Pollution

High 7.3

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in extend2. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.5% (higher than 74% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.3High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.5%top 25.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The package extend2 before 1.0.1 are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via the extend function due to unsafe recursive merge.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
npmextend21.0.1GHSA-gjm5-83cw-p3p2

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a extend2 unspecified – before 1.0.1

References