# CVE-2026-54335: Feathersjs: Prototype pollution in @feathersjs/commons \_.merge via JSON-parsed \_\_proto\_\_

- Also known as: GHSA-28XV-PH75-77WH
- Severity: CVSS 3.7 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.0.45
- Published: 2026-07-17 · Updated: 2026-07-20

## Affected

- feathersjs feathers: fixed in 5.0.45
- @feathersjs/commons (npm): fixed in 5.0.45

## Description

Feathersjs is a framework for creating web APIs and real-time applications with TypeScript or JavaScript. In 5.0.44 and earlier, the _.merge(target, source) utility exported by @feathersjs/commons recursively merges source into target by iterating Object.keys(source). When source was produced by JSON.parse and contains a __proto__, constructor, or prototype key, that key is returned as an own-enumerable property; the recursive merge then resolves target['__proto__'] to Object.prototype and writes attacker-supplied properties onto it, polluting the prototype for all plain objects in the process for the lifetime of the Node process. This issue is fixed in version 5.0.45.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on feathersjs feathers, @feathersjs/commons, upgrade to a fixed version (5.0.45) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/feathersjs/feathers/security/advisories/GHSA-28xv-ph75-77wh
- https://github.com/feathersjs/feathers/pull/3690
- https://github.com/feathersjs/feathers/commit/28b3c03c63bdbff53115fdaa46c56980e7942acc
- https://github.com/feathersjs/feathers/releases/tag/v5.0.45

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