# CVE-2026-48170: scimPatch vulnerable to prototype pollution via unfiltered keys in patch

- Also known as: GHSA-9M6G-WC8R-Q59C
- Severity: CVSS 9.1 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.9.1
- Published: 2026-08-07 · Updated: 2026-08-10

## Affected

- thomaspoignant scim-patch: fixed in 0.9.1
- scim-patch (npm): fixed in 0.9.1

## Description

`scim-patch`, a library to perform SCIM patch, prior to version 0.9.1 performs prototype pollution when applying a SCIM PATCH operation whose `value` object contains a key like `"__proto__.someProp"`. After one such patch, `Object.prototype.someProp` is set process-wide, affecting every plain object in the Node process. Any service that calls `scimPatch()` on attacker-controlled JSON (i.e. any SCIM endpoint accepting `PATCH` from an external IdP) is exploitable on a stock Node runtime. Version 0.9.1 contains a patch. A workaround is available. Calling `Object.freeze(Object.prototype)` (and the same on `Array.prototype`, `Function.prototype`) at process startup neutralizes this class of bug — assignment to a frozen prototype becomes a silent no-op in sloppy mode or a `TypeError` in strict mode. Node's `--frozen-intrinsics` flag does this for built-ins automatically.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on thomaspoignant scim-patch, scim-patch, upgrade to a fixed version (0.9.1) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/thomaspoignant/scim-patch/security/advisories/GHSA-9m6g-wc8r-q59c
- https://github.com/thomaspoignant/scim-patch/commit/260f9cd2ac5ceac3976978850bb47dcb391720f6

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