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CVE-2022-37617

Status: ModifiedCritical (9.8)—

Prototype pollution vulnerability in function resolveShims in resolve-shims.js in thlorenz browserify-shim 3.8.15 via the k variable in resolve-shims.js.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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)

Browserify-shim Project — Browserify-shim

CWEs

References

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