01 Record
CVE-2021-28860
In Node.js mixme, prior to v0.5.1, an attacker can add or alter properties of an object via '__proto__' through the mutate() and merge() functions. The polluted attribute will be directly assigned to
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
In Node.js mixme, prior to v0.5.1, an attacker can add or alter properties of an object via '__proto__' through the mutate() and merge() functions. The polluted attribute will be directly assigned to
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.84% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 78.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-07-09.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-05-03 11:48Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-07-09 00:12Z3 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-03-19
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-1321Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')Variant
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 8a8111d93fba9bc46313e61af2f7f6bdc424eeba773fcc0368db1c511f23c7c2
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.npmjs.comhttps://www.npmjs.com/~david
- github.comhttps://github.com/adaltas/node-mixme/issues/1
- github.comhttps://github.com/adaltas/node-mixme/commit/cfd5fbfc32368bcf7e06d1c5985ea60e34cd4028
- github.comhttps://github.com/adaltas/node-mixme/security/advisories/GHSA-79jw-6wg7-r9g4
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210618-0005/