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Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')

CVE-2024-57079

Severity High
Score 7.5/10

Summary

A Prototype Pollution in the "lib.deepMerge" function of @zag-js/core package, allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via supplying a crafted payload. This issue affects versions 0.0.0-dev-20221111134129 through 0.82.1.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
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  • HIGH

CWE-1321 - Prototype Pollution

Prototype pollution is one of the lesser-known vulnerabilities. It allows attackers to abuse the rules of JavaScript by injecting properties into the general object “Object” in JS. Modifying the prototype of “Object” affects the behavior of all objects in the entire app, potentially resulting in denial of service, arbitrary code execution, cross-site scripting, etc.

Advisory Timeline

  • Published