Cronvel Tree-kit up to 0.7.4 extend prototype pollution

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Cronvel Tree-kit up to 0.7.4. The affected element is the function extend. Such manipulation leads to prototype pollution. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-38894. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Cronvel Tree-kit up to 0.7.4. Affected by this issue is the function extend. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a prototype pollution vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-1321. The product receives input from an upstream component that specifies attributes that are to be initialized or updated in an object, but it does not properly control modifications of attributes of the object prototype. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A Prototype Pollution issue in Cronvel Tree-kit v.0.7.4 and before allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the extend function.

The weakness was released 08/17/2023. The advisory is available at code-intelligence.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-38894 since 07/25/2023. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-2216). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Prototype pollution
CWE: CWE-1321 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Remote: Yes

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07/25/2023 🔍
08/17/2023 +23 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: code-intelligence.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-38894 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-38894
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-237386
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/17/2023 02:40
Updated: 07/27/2025 00:33
Changes: 08/17/2023 02:40 (37), 09/13/2023 07:01 (11), 07/27/2025 00:33 (15)
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