CVE-2021-28860
Status: ModifiedCritical (9.1)—
In Node.js mixme, prior to v0.5.1, an attacker can add or alter properties of an object via '__proto__' through the mutate() and merge() functions. The polluted attribute will be directly assigned to every object in the program. This will put the availability of the program at risk causing a potential denial of service (DoS).
CVSS
- Version: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- Base score: 9.1
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.84%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 78
- Score date: 10/8/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- CWE-1321
References
- https://github.com/adaltas/node-mixme/commit/cfd5fbfc32368bcf7e06d1c5985ea60e34cd4028
- https://github.com/adaltas/node-mixme/issues/1
- https://github.com/adaltas/node-mixme/security/advisories/GHSA-79jw-6wg7-r9g4
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210618-0005/
- https://www.npmjs.com/~david
- https://github.com/adaltas/node-mixme/commit/cfd5fbfc32368bcf7e06d1c5985ea60e34cd4028
- https://github.com/adaltas/node-mixme/issues/1
- https://github.com/adaltas/node-mixme/security/advisories/GHSA-79jw-6wg7-r9g4
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210618-0005/
- https://www.npmjs.com/~david
Raw JSON (NVD)
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