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Prototype Pollution in ini-parser

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jun 10, 2020 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 1, 2023

Package

npm ini-parser (npm)

Affected versions

<= 0.0.2

Patched versions

None

Description

All versions of ini-parser are vulnerable to prototype pollution. The parse function does not restrict the modification of an Object's prototype, which may allow an attacker to add or modify an existing property that will exist on all objects.

Recommendation

No fix is currently available. Consider using an alternative package until a fix is made available.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Apr 2, 2020
Reviewed Jun 10, 2020
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jun 10, 2020
Last updated Feb 1, 2023

Severity

Critical
9.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2020-7617

GHSA ID

GHSA-96r7-mrqf-jhcc

Source code

No known source code
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