CVE-2020-36604: hoek subject to prototype pollution via the clone function.

September 25, 2022 (updated May 28, 2025)

hoek versions prior to 8.5.1, and 9.x prior to 9.0.3 are vulnerable to prototype pollution in the clone function. If an object with the proto key is passed to clone() the key is converted to a prototype. This issue has been patched in version 9.0.3, and backported to 8.5.1.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-c429-5p7v-vgjp
github.com/hapijs/hoek/commit/4d0804bc6135ad72afdc5e1ec002b935b2f5216a
github.com/hapijs/hoek/commit/948baf98634a5c206875b67d11368f133034fa90
github.com/hapijs/hoek/issues/352
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36604

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