CRITICAL9.8

GHSA-vpf5-82c8-9v36

Prototype Pollution in algoliasearch-helper

Quick fix

GHSA-vpf5-82c8-9v36 — algoliasearch-helper: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

npm install algoliasearch-helper@3.6.2

Details

The package algoliasearch-helper before 3.6.2 are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution due to use of the merge function in src/SearchParameters/index.jsSearchParameters._parseNumbers without any protection against prototype properties. Note that this vulnerability is only exploitable if the implementation allows users to define arbitrary search patterns.

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Affected packages

npm/algoliasearch-helper

Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 3.6.2

Fixnpm install algoliasearch-helper@3.6.2

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23433[ADVISORY]
https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-helper-js/commit/4ff542b70b92a6b81cce8b9255700b0bc0817edd[WEB]
https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-helper-js[PACKAGE]
https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-helper-js/blob/3.5.5/src/SearchParameters/index.js%23L291[WEB]
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-ALGOLIASEARCHHELPER-1570421[WEB]