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Fencer Vulns
high 8.6

CVE-2021-23442 json

Prototype Pollution

published 2021-09-17 5 y ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also GHSA-92v9-xh2q-fq9f , EUVD-2021-2020

cvss
8.6
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.6%
EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 75%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

This affects all versions of package @cookiex/deep. The global proto object can be polluted using the __proto__ object.

Patch / fix

  • npm @cookiex/deep 0.0.7
  • cookiex-deep_project cookiex-deep 0.0.6

Exploit prediction

1.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • snyk.io https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-COOKIEXDEEP-1582793 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:R
CNA 3.1 8.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub 3.1 8.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm @cookiex/deep
<0.0.7
0.0.7

Affected products

  • n/a @cookiex/deep

Classification

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

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.