qs vulnerable to Prototype Pollution

Description

qs before 6.10.3 allows attackers to cause a Node process hang because an __ proto__ key can be used. In many typical web framework use cases, an unauthenticated remote attacker can place the attack payload in the query string of the URL that is used to visit the application, such as a[__proto__]=b&a[__proto__]&a[length]=100000000.

Recommendation

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

• Affected version(s): **< 6.2.4

  >= 6.3.0, < 6.3.3

  >= 6.4.0, < 6.4.1

  >= 6.5.0, < 6.5.3

  >= 6.6.0, < 6.6.1

  >= 6.7.0, < 6.7.3

  >= 6.8.0, < 6.8.3

  >= 6.9.0, < 6.9.7

  >= 6.10.0, < 6.10.3**

• Patched version(s): **6.2.4

  6.3.3

  6.4.1

  6.5.3

  6.6.1

  6.7.3

  6.8.3

  6.9.7

  6.10.3**

References

• GHSA-hrpp-h998-j3pp
• lists.debian.org
• security.netapp.com
• CVE-2022-24999
• CWE-1321
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A6

Related Issues

• Path Traversal in general-file-server - CVE-2018-3724
• Server-Side Request Forgery in axios - CVE-2024-39338
• DOS by abusing `fetchOptions.retry`. - CVE-2023-49800
• Prototype Pollution in querystringify - Vulnerability

Tags:

npm

qs