The ini npm package before version 1.3.6 has a Prototype Pollution vulnerability.
If an attacker submits a malicious INI file to an application that parses it with ini.parse, they will pollute the prototype on the application. This can be exploited further depending on the context.
Patches
This has been patched in 1.3.6
Steps to reproduce
payload.ini
[__proto__]
polluted = "polluted"
poc.js:
var fs = require('fs')
var ini = require('ini')
var parsed = ini.parse(fs.readFileSync('./payload.ini', 'utf-8'))
console.log(parsed)
console.log(parsed.__proto__)
console.log(polluted)
This PR contains the following updates:
1.3.5
->1.3.6
GitHub Vulnerability Alerts
CVE-2020-7788
Overview
The
ini
npm package before version 1.3.6 has a Prototype Pollution vulnerability.If an attacker submits a malicious INI file to an application that parses it with
ini.parse
, they will pollute the prototype on the application. This can be exploited further depending on the context.Patches
This has been patched in 1.3.6
Steps to reproduce
payload.ini
poc.js:
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