CVE-2022-37601

CRITICAL
Published Oct 12, 20223y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
9.8 CVSS 3.1
Critical
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Published Oct 12, 2022 3y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

Prototype pollution vulnerability in function parseQuery in parseQuery.js in webpack loader-utils via the name variable in parseQuery.js. This affects all versions prior to 1.4.1 and 2.0.3.

CVSS Details

Base Score
9.8
Exploitability
3.9
Impact
5.9
Vector string
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 High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

No active exploitation signals — not in CISA KEV and no EPSS score yet.

Exploit & Patch Status
Public Exploit Known
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-1321

Affected Products 3

VendorProductVersionRange
webpack.jsloader-utils* <1.4.1
webpack.jsloader-utils*≥2.0.0  –  <2.0.3
debiandebian_linux10.0any

References 9

  • users.encs.concordia.ca http://users.encs.concordia.ca/~mmannan/publications/JS-vulnerability-aisaccs2022.pdf
    Technical Description
  • dl.acm.org https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3488932.3497769
    Technical Description
  • dl.acm.org https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3488932.3497769
    Technical Description
  • github.com https://github.com/webpack/loader-utils/blob/d9f4e23cf411d8556f8bac2d3bf05a6e0103b568/lib/parseQuery.js#L11
    Product
  • github.com https://github.com/webpack/loader-utils/blob/d9f4e23cf411d8556f8bac2d3bf05a6e0103b568/lib/parseQuery.js#L47
    Product
  • github.com https://github.com/webpack/loader-utils/issues/212
    Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
  • github.com https://github.com/webpack/loader-utils/issues/212#issuecomment-1319192884
    ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
  • github.com https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/issues/436#issuecomment-1319412826
    ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00044.html
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.