Description
Versions of lodash before 4.17.12 are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution. The function defaultsDeep allows 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
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