Prototype pollution via unchecked __proto__ key traversal
Published Jun 3, 2021 · Updated Aug 3, 2024
Prototype pollution in Luke Edwards nestie 0.0.0 through 1.0.0 allows attackers to modify Object.prototype via crafted flattened keys. The nestie function walks each dot-delimited key and follows the inherited proto property instead of rejecting it, so a later assignment writes an attacker-controlled property onto the shared prototype. Exploitation requires an application to pass attacker-controlled keys into the library; polluted properties can crash the process, while remote code execution depends on a separate application-specific gadget.
Summary
What happened
Prototype pollution in Luke Edwards nestie 0.0.0 through 1.0.0 allows attackers to modify Object.prototype via crafted flattened keys. The nestie function walks each dot-delimited key and follows the inherited proto property instead of rejecting it, so a later assignment writes an attacker-controlled property onto the shared prototype. Exploitation requires an application to pass attacker-controlled keys into the library; polluted properties can crash the process, while remote code execution depends on a separate application-specific gadget.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-25947
- Published
- Jun 3, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Vendor
- Luke Edwards
- Product
- nestie
- Classifications
- CWE-913, CWE-1321
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 3, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0.0.0, 1.0.0
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Public exploit references
- Upstream __proto__ pollution regression casesproof of concept · unverified
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