Prototype Pollution in lodash.merge - lodash.merge

Description

Versions of lodash.merge before 4.6.2 are vulnerable to prototype pollution. The function merge 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.merge package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): < 4.6.2
• Patched version(s): 4.6.2

References

• GHSA-h726-x36v-rx45
• www.npmjs.com
• CWE-1321

Related Issues

• Prototype Pollution in lodash.merge - Vulnerability
• Prototype Pollution in lodash.mergewith - Vulnerability
• Prototype Pollution in lodash.mergewith - lodash.mergewith - Vulnerability
• @75lb/deep-merge Prototype Pollution vulnerability - CVE-2024-38986

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Tags:

npm

lodash.merge