nconf@0.6.9 vulnerabilities

Hierarchical node.js configuration with files, environment variables, command-line arguments, and atomic object merging.

Direct Vulnerabilities

Known vulnerabilities in the nconf package. This does not include vulnerabilities belonging to this package’s dependencies.

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Prototype Pollution

nconf is a Hierarchical node.js configuration with files, environment variables, command-line arguments, and atomic object merging.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution. When using the memory engine, it is possible to store a nested JSON representation of the configuration. The .set() function, that is responsible for setting the configuration properties, is vulnerable to Prototype Pollution. By providing a crafted property, it is possible to modify the properties on the Object.prototype.

How to fix Prototype Pollution?

Upgrade nconf to version 0.11.4 or higher.

<0.11.4