GHSA-xvch-5gv4-984h

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    GHSA-xvch-5gv4-984h

    Published: 18 Mar 2022Last Modified: 13 Mar 2026

    Summary: Prototype Pollution in minimist

    Details: Minimist prior to 1.2.6 and 0.2.4 is vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via file `index.js`, function `setKey()` (lines 69-95).

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44906, https://github.com/minimistjs/minimist/issues/11, https://github.com/substack/minimist/issues/164, https://github.com/minimistjs/minimist/pull/24, https://github.com/minimistjs/minimist/commit/34e20b8461118608703d6485326abbb8e35e1703, https://github.com/minimistjs/minimist/commit/bc8ecee43875261f4f17eb20b1243d3ed15e70eb, https://github.com/minimistjs/minimist/commit/c2b981977fa834b223b408cfb860f933c9811e4d, https://github.com/minimistjs/minimist/commit/ef9153fc52b6cea0744b2239921c5dcae4697f11, https://github.com/Marynk/JavaScript-vulnerability-detection/blob/main/minimist%20PoC.zip, https://github.com/minimistjs/minimist/commits/v0.2.4, https://github.com/substack/minimist, https://github.com/substack/minimist/blob/master/index.js#L69, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0006, https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-MINIMIST-559764, https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8588563/adding-custom-properties-to-a-function/20278068#20278068

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: minimist

    Purl: pkg:npm/minimist

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 1.0.0
    Fixed -1.2.6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    GHSA-xvch-5gv4-984h | CVE-DB