CVE-2020-36604
highpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.012 · 69 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
hoek before 8.5.1 and 9.x before 9.0.3 allows prototype poisoning in the clone function.
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affected products (6)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-c429-5p7v-vgjphoek subject to prototype pollution via the clone function.2022-09-25ghsa · osvUS
hoek versions prior to 8.5.1, and 9.x prior to 9.0.3 are vulnerable to prototype pollution in the clone function. If an object with the __proto__ key is passed to clone() the key is converted to a prototype. This issue has been patched in version 9.0.3, and backported to 8.5.1.
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references (9)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2020-36604cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2020-36604/cnnvd
- https://github.com/hapijs/hoek/Patchcnnvd
- https://github.com/hapijs/hoek/issues/352cnnvd
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-HAPIHOEK-548452)cnnvd
- https://github.com/hapijs/hoek/issues/352enisa_euvd
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-HAPIHOEK-548452%29enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/hapijs/hoek/issues/352Third Party Advisorynvd
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