CVE-2022-25904: safe-eval vulnerable to Prototype Pollution

December 20, 2022 (updated April 16, 2025)

All versions of package safe-eval are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution which allows an attacker to add or modify properties of the Object.prototype.Consolidate when using the function safeEval. This is because the function uses vm variable, leading an attacker to modify properties of the Object.prototype.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-33vh-7x8q-mg35
github.com/hacksparrow/safe-eval
github.com/hacksparrow/safe-eval/issues/26
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-25904
security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SAFEEVAL-3175701

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