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CVE-2022-21803

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-21803 is a Prototype Pollution vulnerability affecting the nconf package before version 0.11.4. Specifically, the .set() function, when using the memory engine, can be exploited by providing a crafted property to modify Object.prototype. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity and no user interaction, potentially leading to high integrity impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.11.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nconf_project:nconf:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.3HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.75%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0175 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (9)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: nconfFixed in: 0.11.4
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2Fixed in: rhacm2/console-api-rhel8
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2Fixed in: rhacm2/console-rhel8
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2Fixed in: rhacm2/grc-ui-api-rhel8
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2Fixed in: rhacm2/grc-ui-rhel8
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2Fixed in: rhacm2/kui-web-terminal-rhel8
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2Fixed in: rhacm2/search-api-rhel8
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2Fixed in: rhacm2/application-ui-rhel8

Vendor Advisories (2)

npmGHSA-6xwr-q98w-rvg7high

Prototype Pollution in nconf

Apr 13, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-21803Moderate

nconf: Prototype pollution in memory store

Apr 12, 2022

References

github.com / indexzero/nconf/pull/397
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / indexzero/nconf/releases/tag/v0.11.4
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-2632450
ExploitThird Party Advisory
snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JS-NCONF-2395478
ExploitThird Party Advisory