CriticalGHSA-76p3-8jx3-jpfqCVE-2022-37601
Prototype pollution in webpack loader-utils
Published 13 Oct 2022 · Updated 10 Sept 2026
Affected packages
loader-utilsnpm
- Affected
- >=2.0.0 <2.0.3
- Fixed in
- 2.0.3
Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:
npm install loader-utils@2.0.3loader-utilsnpm
- Affected
- <1.4.1
- Fixed in
- 1.4.1
Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:
npm install loader-utils@1.4.1Details
Prototype pollution vulnerability in function parseQuery in parseQuery.js in webpack loader-utils prior to version 2.0.3 via the name variable in parseQuery.js.
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References
- Advisorynvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-37601
- Linkgithub.com/webpack/loader-utils/issues/212
- Linkgithub.com/webpack/loader-utils/issues/212#issuecomment-1319192884
- Linkgithub.com/xmldom/xmldom/issues/436#issuecomment-1319412826
- Linkgithub.com/webpack/loader-utils/pull/217
- Linkgithub.com/webpack/loader-utils/pull/220
- Linkgithub.com/webpack/loader-utils/commit/4504e34c4796a5836ef70458327351675aed48a5
- Linkgithub.com/webpack/loader-utils/commit/a93cf6f4702012030f6b5ee8340d5c95ec1c7d4c
- Linkgithub.com/webpack/loader-utils/commit/f4e48a232fae900237c3e5ff7b57ce9e1c734de1
- Linkdl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3488932.3497769
- Linkdl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3488932.3497769
- Packagegithub.com/webpack/loader-utils
- Linkgithub.com/webpack/loader-utils/releases/tag/v1.4.1
- Linkgithub.com/webpack/loader-utils/releases/tag/v2.0.3
- Linklists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00044.html
- Linkusers.encs.concordia.ca/~mmannan/publications/JS-vulnerability-aisaccs2022.pdf
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