CVE-2020-36604 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

hoek before 8.5.1 and 9.x before 9.0.3 allows prototype poisoning in the clone function.

Published: 2022-09-23

Score: 8.1 High

EPSS: 1.0% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:hapijs:hoek::::::node.js::*
	cpe:2.3:a:hapijs:hoek::::::node.js::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-6771	hoek subject to prototype pollution via the clone function.
Github GHSA	GHSA-c429-5p7v-vgjp	hoek subject to prototype pollution via the clone function.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01047.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c429-5p7v-vgjp
https://github.com/hapijs/hoek/issues/352
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36604
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-HAPIHOEK-548452%29
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-36604

History

Tue, 27 May 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

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Hapijs Hoek

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-09-23T05:28:11.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-27T14:48:14.234Z

Reserved: 2022-09-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-36604

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T17:30:08.460Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-23T06:15:08.943

Modified: 2025-05-27T15:15:23.940

Link: CVE-2020-36604

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2022-09-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-36604 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-1321

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