GHSA-3rrr-jr9j-h3q3
Mermaid Architecture diagrams are vulnerable to prototype pollution
Quick fix
GHSA-3rrr-jr9j-h3q3 — mermaid: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.
npm install mermaid@11.16.1 Details
Rendering an untrusted `architecture-beta` diagram lets the diagram author write an arbitrary property with the value `horizontal` or `vertical` onto `Object.prototype`. A group id of `__proto__` is accepted as a valid parent.
### Impact
Any code in the same realm that reads a property of that name from an arbitrary object, or enumerates an object with bare `for...in`, observes the injected value (which can only be the string `horizontal` or `vertical`.
This may mean corrupted option/config defaults, bypassed truthiness checks, causing denial of service or logic corruption in the embedding application.
Because the injected value cannot be an object or function, this is not directly exploitable for remote code execution.
### PoC
``` architecture-beta group mermaidPrototypePollutionMarker(cloud)[Marker] service a(server)[A] in __proto__ service b(server)[B] in mermaidPrototypePollutionMarker a:R -- L:b ```
The vulnerable write was introduced in commit [cb0a4703bdf01d47508bde1c08aa9a980d70bc20](https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/commit/cb0a4703bdf01d47508bde1c08aa9a980d70bc20) and first shipped in `mermaid@11.5.0`. The lines are unchanged in every release since.
### Patches
This has been patched by https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/commit/99af3fc35ef0a9a9c8c6314521344d67523ddccf, released in [Mermaid v11.16.1](https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/releases/tag/mermaid%4011.16.1)
### Workarounds
There are no known workarounds. Please update to a patched version.
### References
_Are there any links users can visit to find out more?_
- https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/commit/99af3fc35ef0a9a9c8c6314521344d67523ddccf - https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/releases/tag/mermaid%4011.16.1
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References
- https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/security/advisories/GHSA-3rrr-jr9j-h3q3 [WEB]
- https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/pull/8022 [WEB]
- https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/commit/99af3fc35ef0a9a9c8c6314521344d67523ddccf [WEB]
- https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid [PACKAGE]
- https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/releases/tag/mermaid@11.16.1 [WEB]