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CVE-2022-37623

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-37623 is a critical prototype pollution vulnerability affecting the 'browserify-shim' project, specifically within the 'resolveShims' function in 'resolve-shims.js' of version 3.8.15. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, allowing for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.8.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:browserify-shim_project:browserify-shim:3.8.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.14%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
63.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0114 is in the 49th 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 (1)

npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: browserify-shimFixed in: 3.8.16

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-cfgr-75jx-h88gcritical

thlorenz browserify-shim vulnerable to prototype pollution

Oct 31, 2022

References

github.com / thlorenz/browserify-shim/blob/464b32bbe142664cd9796059798f6c738ea3de8f/lib/resolve-shims.js
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / thlorenz/browserify-shim/blob/464b32bbe142664cd9796059798f6c738ea3de8f/lib/resolve-shims.js
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / thlorenz/browserify-shim/issues/248
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory