High

tree-kit vulnerable to Prototype Pollution

  • Disclosed: 25.12.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in cronvel tree-kit up to 0.6.x. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to improperly controlled modification of object prototype attributes ('prototype pollution'). Upgrading to version 0.7.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is a63f559c50d70e8cb2eaae670dec25d1dbc4afcd. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier VDB-216765 was assigned to this vulnerability.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package tree-kit < 0.7.0 0.7.0

References

CVSS score 7.8/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-1321
Platform
npm
Package
tree-kit
Disclosed
25.12.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-mw4x-g2x8-qcvf - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: tree-kit

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
12.2022 08.2023
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 1
  • High 1

Disclosures per year

  1. 2022: 1
  2. 2023: 1
  3. 2024: 0
  4. 2025: 0
  5. 2026: 0
  1. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2023-38894 < 0.7.5 0.7.5
  2. tree-kit vulnerable to Prototype Pollution this entry
    High · 7.8 CVE-2021-4278 < 0.7.0 0.7.0

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