{"answers":{"affected":"4 open source packages ship an affected version, including minimist. It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-44906 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade minimist to a fixed version for your release line: 0.2.4 or 1.2.6.","what":"CVE-2021-44906 is a critical vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Mar 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2021-44906 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2021-44906 is a critical vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Mar 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-44906 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- minimist (npm): affected all versions; fixed in 0.2.4\n- minimist (npm): affected all versions; fixed in 0.2.4\n- minimist (npm): affected from 1.0.0; fixed in 1.2.6\n- minimist (npm): affected from 1.0.0; fixed in 1.2.6\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-44906/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-44906/index.md)","id":"CVE-2021-44906","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-44906/index.md","name":"CVE-2021-44906","record":{"aliases":["AZL-44583","DEBIAN-CVE-2021-44906","GHSA-xvch-5gv4-984h","MGASA-2023-0035","MINI-hrcg-gx8x-327p","OESA-2022-1665","ROOT-APP-NPM-CVE-2021-44906","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-44906"],"analysis":{"component_type":"library","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Node.js argument parser","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers can exploit prototype pollution in the Minimist library to potentially execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"other"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"minimist","vendor":"substack"}],"cvss":{"score":9.8,"severity":"critical","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-1321","name":"Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes"}],"description":"Minimist \u003c=1.2.5 is vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via file index.js, function setKey() (lines 69-95).","ecosystems":["npm"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":"2023-10-02","github_poc":1,"max_poc_stars":0,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[{"date":"2023-10-02T15:20:35Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/nevermoe/CVE-2021-44906","stars":0,"title":null}],"tier":"poc_unverified"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Prototype Pollution in minimist","id":"CVE-2021-44906","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"npm","product":null,"products":[],"type":"other","year":"2021"},"n_packages":4,"n_references":6,"next":{"headline":"DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER.","id":"CVE-2021-44907"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":["0.2.4"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"minimist","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-xvch-5gv4-984h"},{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":["0.2.4"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"minimist","purl":"pkg:npm/minimist","source":"GHSA-xvch-5gv4-984h"},{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":["1.2.6"],"introduced":["1.0.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"minimist","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-xvch-5gv4-984h"},{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":["1.2.6"],"introduced":["1.0.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"minimist","purl":"pkg:npm/minimist","source":"GHSA-xvch-5gv4-984h"}],"prev":{"headline":"Missing authorization in n/a","id":"CVE-2021-44905"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2022-03-17","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"GitHub Advisory Database","prefix":"GHSA"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0","name":"PoC-in-GitHub"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"yes","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-08","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Attackers can exploit prototype pollution in the Minimist library to potentially execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-44906/"}