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Vulnerability · Published Oct 12, 2022 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2022-37601

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity security flaw in the node-loader-utils package (Debian). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 3.5% (higher than 89% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)3.5%top 10.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Prototype pollution vulnerability in function parseQuery in parseQuery.js in webpack loader-utils via the name variable in parseQuery.js. This affects all versions prior to 1.4.1 and 2.0.3.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12node-loader-utils2.0.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-37601
Debian:13node-loader-utils2.0.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-37601
Debian:14node-loader-utils2.0.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-37601
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnode-loader-utilsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-37601
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSnode-loader-utilsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-37601
Ubuntu:25.10node-loader-utilsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-37601
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSnode-loader-utilsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-37601
Ubuntu:26.10node-loader-utilsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-37601
npmloader-utils1.4.1GHSA-76p3-8jx3-jpfq
npmloader-utils2.0.3GHSA-76p3-8jx3-jpfq

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

References