CVE-2021-28860
CRITICAL
9.1
CVSS Score
Published: May 3, 2021 at 11:48 AM UTC
Updated: July 9, 2026 at 01:16 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMixme
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Severity
CRITICAL9.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
In Node.js mixme, prior to v0.5.1, an attacker can add or alter properties of an object via '__proto__' through the mutate() and merge() functions. The polluted attribute will be directly assigned to every object in the program. This will put the availability of the program at risk causing a potential denial of service (DoS).
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (6)
PatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/adaltas/node-mixme/commit/cfd5fbfc32368bcf7e06d1c5985ea60e34cd4028Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/adaltas/node-mixme/issues/1PatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/adaltas/node-mixme/security/advisories/GHSA-79jw-6wg7-r9g4Third Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210618-0005/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-1321
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