CVE-2023-0163
convict vulnerable to Prototype Pollution
Impact
### Impact * An attacker can inject attributes that are used in other components * An attacker can override existing attributes with ones that have incompatible type, which may lead to a crash. The main use case of Convict is for handling server-side configurations written by the admins owning the servers, and not random users. So it's unlikely that an admin would deliberately sabotage their own server. Still a situation can happen where an admin not knowledgeable about JavaScript could be tricked by an attacker into writing the malicious JavaScript code into some config files. ### Patches The problem is patched in `convict@6.2.4`. Users should upgrade to `convict@6.2.4`. ### Workarounds No way for users to fix or remediate the vulnerability without upgrading ### References https://github.com/mozilla/node-convict/issues/410
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | convict | < 6.2.4 | 6.2.4 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Convict | before 6.2.4 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://github.com/mozilla/node-convict/issues/410
- https://github.com/mozilla/node-convict/security/advisories/GHSA-4jrm-c32x-w4jf
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4jrm-c32x-w4jf
- https://github.com/mozilla/node-convict/commit/fb602fbe1e9f14f2e88ecb8179d0f76466d21ecb
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0163