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CVE-2021-23470

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-23470 is a critical prototype pollution vulnerability in the putil-merge package prior to version 3.8.0. An attacker can exploit the merge() function by supplying a malicious value that includes the constructor property, leading to arbitrary property injection. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:putil-merge_project:putil-merge:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.2HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
4.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
66.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0127 is in the 53rd percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: putil-mergeFixed in: 3.8.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-4g77-cvgw-grvwhigh

Prototype Pollution in putil-merge

Feb 5, 2022

References

github.com / panates/putil-merge/commit/476d00078dfb2827d7c9ee0f2392c81b864f7bc5
PatchThird Party Advisory
snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JS-PUTILMERGE-2391487
ExploitVendor Advisory