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Fencer Vulns
high 7.7

CVE-2021-21297 json

Prototype Pollution in Node-Red

published 2021-02-26 5 y ago modified 2026-07-08 4 mo ago also GHSA-xp9c-82x8-7f67 , EUVD-2021-0581

cvss
7.7
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.4%
EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 72%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Node-Red is a low-code programming for event-driven applications built using nodejs. Node-RED 1.2.7 and earlier contains a Prototype Pollution vulnerability in the admin API. A badly formed request can modify the prototype of the default JavaScript Object with the potential to affect the default behaviour of the Node-RED runtime. The vulnerability is patched in the 1.2.8 release. A workaround is to ensure only authorized users are able to access the editor url.

Patch / fix

  • npm @node-red/runtime 1.2.8
  • nodered node-red 1.2.8

Exploit prediction

1.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub 3.1 7.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm @node-red/runtime
<1.2.8
1.2.8

Affected products

  • node-red node-red

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-1321 Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes
  • CWE-915 Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object Attributes

References

Sources

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