messageformat has a prototype pollution vulnerability

Description

The messageformat package, an implementation of the Unicode MessageFormat 2 specification for JavaScript, is vulnerable to prototype pollution due to improper handling of message key paths in versions prior to 2.3.0. The flaw arises when processing nested message keys containing special characters (e.g.

Recommendation

Update the messageformat package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): < 2.3.0
• Patched version(s): 3.0.0-beta.0

References

• GHSA-xfqm-j7pc-xrfc
• CVE-2025-57349
• CWE-1321
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A6

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• Lodash has Prototype Pollution Vulnerability in `_.unset` and `_.omit` functions - lodash-amd - CVE-2025-13465
• Lodash has Prototype Pollution Vulnerability in `_.unset` and `_.omit` functions - lodash-es - CVE-2025-13465
• Lodash has Prototype Pollution Vulnerability in `_.unset` and `_.omit` functions - lodash.unset - CVE-2025-13465
• Lodash has Prototype Pollution Vulnerability in `_.unset` and `_.omit` functions - CVE-2025-13465

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