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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2021-25928 json

Prototype pollution in safe-obj

published 2021-04-26 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-wpgh-hmv4-r3v5 , EUVD-2021-1417

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.4%
EPSS 3.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Prototype pollution vulnerability in 'safe-obj' versions 1.0.0 through 1.0.2 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service and may lead to remote code execution.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
18 mo ago

Exploit prediction

3.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • whitesourcesoftware.com https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-25928 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/mantacode/safe-obj/blob/6ab63529182b6cf11704ac84f10800290afd3f9f/lib/index.js#L122 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 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 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm safe-obj
>=1.0.0, <=1.0.2
 no fix listed

Affected products

  • n/a safe-obj

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-1321 Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype 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.