shvl vulnerable to prototype pollution

Description

Prototype pollution vulnerability in ‘shvl’ versions 1.0.0 through 2.0.1 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service and may lead to remote code execution.

Recommendation

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

• Affected version(s): >= 1.0.0, <= 2.0.1
• Patched version(s): 2.0.2

References

• GHSA-pqwc-3vhw-qcvq
• web.archive.org
• CVE-2020-28278
• CWE-1321
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A6

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Tags:

npm

shvl