Prototype Pollution in mathjs

Description

The package mathjs before 7.5.1 are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via the deepExtend function that runs upon configuration updates.

Recommendation

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

• Affected version(s): < 7.5.1
• Patched version(s): 7.5.1

References

• GHSA-x2fc-mxcx-w4mf
• snyk.io
• www.npmjs.com
• CVE-2020-7743
• CWE-915
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A6
• OWASP 2021-A8

Related Issues

• Prototype Pollution in lodash - CVE-2018-3721
• Cross-site Scripting in quill - CVE-2021-3163
• Prototype Pollution in async - CVE-2021-43138
• Joplin Remote Code Execution - CVE-2022-40277

Tags:

npm

mathjs