Vulnerability Details CVE-2023-36665
"protobuf.js (aka protobufjs) 6.10.0 through 7.x before 7.2.5 allows Prototype Pollution, a different vulnerability than CVE-2022-25878. A user-controlled protobuf message can be used by an attacker to pollute the prototype of Object.prototype by adding and overwriting its data and functions. Exploitation can involve: (1) using the function parse to parse protobuf messages on the fly, (2) loading .proto files by using load/loadSync functions, or (3) providing untrusted input to the functions ReflectionObject.setParsedOption and util.setProperty.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.017
EPSS Ranking 81.3%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 9.8
References
- https://github.com/protobufjs/protobuf.js/commit/e66379f451b0393c27d87b37fa7d271619e16b0d
- https://github.com/protobufjs/protobuf.js/compare/protobufjs-v7.2.3...protobufjs-v7.2.4
- https://github.com/protobufjs/protobuf.js/pull/1899
- https://github.com/protobufjs/protobuf.js/releases/tag/protobufjs-v7.2.4
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240628-0006/
- https://www.code-intelligence.com/blog/cve-protobufjs-prototype-pollution-cve-2023-36665
- https://github.com/protobufjs/protobuf.js/commit/e66379f451b0393c27d87b37fa7d271619e16b0d
- https://github.com/protobufjs/protobuf.js/compare/protobufjs-v7.2.3...protobufjs-v7.2.4
- https://github.com/protobufjs/protobuf.js/pull/1899
- https://github.com/protobufjs/protobuf.js/releases/tag/protobufjs-v7.2.4
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240628-0006/
- https://www.code-intelligence.com/blog/cve-protobufjs-prototype-pollution-cve-2023-36665
Products affected by CVE-2023-36665
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cpe:2.3:a:protobufjs_project:protobufjs:6.10.0
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cpe:2.3:a:protobufjs_project:protobufjs:6.10.1
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cpe:2.3:a:protobufjs_project:protobufjs:6.10.2
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cpe:2.3:a:protobufjs_project:protobufjs:6.11.0
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cpe:2.3:a:protobufjs_project:protobufjs:6.11.1
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cpe:2.3:a:protobufjs_project:protobufjs:6.11.2
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cpe:2.3:a:protobufjs_project:protobufjs:6.11.3
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cpe:2.3:a:protobufjs_project:protobufjs:7.2.4