CVE-2021-44906 (GCVE-0-2021-44906)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-03-17 13:05 – Updated: 2024-08-04 04:32
VLAI
Summary
Minimist <=1.2.5 is vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via file index.js, function setKey() (lines 69-95).
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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