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CVE-2020-28499 (GCVE-0-2020-28499)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-02-18 16:05 – Updated: 2024-09-16 22:08
VLAI
Title
Prototype Pollution
Summary
All versions of package merge are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via _recursiveMerge .
CWE
  • Prototype Pollution
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a merge Affected: 0 , < unspecified (custom)
Date Public
2021-02-18 00:00
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