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Prototype Pollution in angular

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Nov 20, 2019 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 27, 2023

Package

npm angular (npm)

Affected versions

< 1.7.9

Patched versions

1.7.9

Description

Versions of angular prior to 1.7.9 are vulnerable to prototype pollution. The deprecated API function merge() does not restrict the modification of an Object's prototype in the , which may allow an attacker to add or modify an existing property that will exist on all objects.

Recommendation

Upgrade to version 1.7.9 or later. The function was already deprecated and upgrades are not expected to break functionality.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 19, 2019
Reviewed Nov 20, 2019
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Nov 20, 2019
Last updated Jan 27, 2023

Severity

High
7.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2019-10768

GHSA ID

GHSA-89mq-4x47-5v83

Source code

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