Prototype Pollution in lodash.defaultsdeep - lodash.defaultsdeep

Description

Versions of lodash.defaultsdeep before 4.6.1 are vulnerable to prototype pollution. The function mergeWith may allow a malicious user to modify the prototype of Object via {constructor: {prototype: {...}}} causing the addition or modification of an existing property that will exist on all objects.

Recommendation

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

• Affected version(s): < 4.6.1
• Patched version(s): 4.6.1

References

• GHSA-h5mp-5q4p-ggf5
• www.npmjs.com
• CWE-1321

Related Issues

• Prototype Pollution in lodash.defaultsdeep - Vulnerability
• Prototype Pollution in lodash - lodash.defaultsdeep - CVE-2019-10744
• Prototype Pollution in lodash.mergewith - Vulnerability
• Prototype Pollution in lodash.mergewith - lodash.mergewith - Vulnerability

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lodash.defaultsdeep