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web3-utils Prototype Pollution vulnerability

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Mar 27, 2024 in web3/web3.js • Updated Mar 27, 2024

Package

npm web3-utils (npm)

Affected versions

>= 4.0.1, < 4.2.1

Patched versions

4.2.1

Description

Impact:

The mergeDeep() function in the web3-utils package has been identified for Prototype Pollution vulnerability. An attacker has the ability to modify an object's prototype, which could result in changing the behavior of all objects that inherit from the impacted prototype by providing carefully crafted input to function.

Patches:

It has been fixed in web3-utils version 4.2.1 so all packages and apps depending on web3-utils >=4.0.1 and <=4.2.0 should upgrade to web3-utils 4.2.1.

Workarounds:

None

References

@jdevcs jdevcs published to web3/web3.js Mar 27, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Mar 27, 2024
Reviewed Mar 27, 2024
Last updated Mar 27, 2024

Severity

High
7.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

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

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2024-21505

GHSA ID

GHSA-2g4c-8fpm-c46v

Source code

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