# CVE-2025-13158: apidoc-core - prototype pollution in api\_group.js, api\_param\_title.js, api\_use.js, and api\_permission.js worker

- Also known as: GHSA-6VJ3-P34W-XXJP
- Severity: CVSS 9.3 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-12-26 · Updated: 2025-12-26

## Affected

- apiDoc apidoc-core: from 0.2.0
- apidoc-core (npm): from 0.2.0, through 0.15.0

## Description

Prototype pollution vulnerability in apidoc-core versions 0.2.0 and all subsequent versions allows remote attackers to modify JavaScript object prototypes via malformed data structures, including the “define” property processed by the application, potentially leading to denial of service or unintended behavior in applications relying on the integrity of prototype chains. This affects the preProcess() function in api_group.js, api_param_title.js, api_use.js, and api_permission.js worker modules.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on apiDoc apidoc-core, apidoc-core, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://www.sonatype.com/security-advisories/cve-2025-13158

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