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

• shvl vulnerable to prototype pollution - CVE-2020-28278
• Prototype Pollution in Ajv - CVE-2020-15366
• TypeORM vulnerable to MAID and Prototype Pollution - CVE-2020-8158
• Prototype Pollution in asciitable.js - CVE-2020-7771

Tags:

npm

mathjs