High

Prototype Pollution in putil-merge

  • Disclosed: 05.02.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

This affects the package putil-merge before 3.8.0. The merge() function does not check the values passed into the argument. An attacker can supply a malicious value by adjusting the value to include the constructor property. Note: This vulnerability derives from an incomplete fix in https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-PUTILMERGE-1317077

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package putil-merge < 3.8.0 3.8.0

References

CVSS score 8.2/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-1321
Platform
npm
Package
putil-merge
Disclosed
05.02.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-4g77-cvgw-grvw - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: putil-merge

All published vulnerabilities of this package (npm package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
2
First → latest
12.2021 02.2022
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 1
  • High 1

Disclosures per year

  1. 2021: 1
  2. 2022: 1
  3. 2023: 0
  4. 2024: 0
  5. 2025: 0
  6. 2026: 0
  1. Prototype Pollution in putil-merge this entry
    High · 8.2 CVE-2021-23470 < 3.8.0 3.8.0
  2. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2021-25953 >= 1.0.0, < 3.7.0 3.7.0

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