Medium

Prototype pollution not blocked by object-path related utilities in hoolock

  • Disclosed: 23.01.2024
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Impact

Utility functions related to object paths (get, set and update) did not block attempts to access or alter object prototypes.

Patches

The get, set and update functions will throw a TypeError when a user attempts to access or alter inherited properties in versions >=2.2.1.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package hoolock >= 2.0.0, < 2.2.1 2.2.1

References

CVSS score 6.3/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-1321
Platform
npm
Package
hoolock
Disclosed
23.01.2024
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-4c2g-hx49-7h25 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: hoolock

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This is the only known vulnerability of this package.

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