CVE-2020-7720 — Prototype Pollution in Forge

CWE-1321 — Prototype PollutionCWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionCWE-915 — Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object Attributes9 documents6 sources
Severity
7.3HIGHNVD
EPSS
2.1%
top 15.97%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Digitalbazaar ForgeDebian Node-node-forge
Timeline
PublishedSep 1
Latest updateJan 8

Description

The package node-forge before 0.10.0 is vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via the util.setPath function. Note: Version 0.10.0 is a breaking change removing the vulnerable functions.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:LExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.4

Affected Packages2 packages

▶debiandebian/node-node-forge< node-node-forge 0.10.0~dfsg-1 (bullseye)
▶NVDdigitalbazaar/forge< 0.10.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

5
OSV
Prototype Pollution in node-forge util.setPath API↗2022-01-08
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GHSA
Prototype Pollution in node-forge util.setPath API↗2022-01-08
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GHSA
Prototype Pollution in node-forge↗2020-09-14
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OSV
Prototype Pollution in node-forge↗2020-09-14
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OSV
CVE-2020-7720: The package node-forge before 0↗2020-09-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
nodejs-node-forge: prototype pollution via the util.setPath function↗2020-09-01
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Debian
CVE-2020-7720: node-node-forge - The package node-forge before 0.10.0 is vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via th...↗2020
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-7720 nodejs-node-forge: prototype pollution via the util.setPath function↗2020-09-01
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