CVE-2021-25916 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Prototype pollution vulnerability in 'patchmerge' versions 1.0.0 through 1.0.1 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service and may lead to remote code execution.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02947.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Patchmerge Project	Patchmerge

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:patchmerge_project:patchmerge:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/pjshumphreys/patchmerge/commit/5b383c537eae7a00ebd26d3f7211dac99ddecb12
https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-25916

History

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Mend

Published: 2021-03-16T15:07:42.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-30T17:35:17.268Z

Reserved: 2021-01-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-25916

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T20:11:28.504Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-03-16T16:15:14.143

Modified: 2025-04-30T18:15:33.507

Link: CVE-2021-25916

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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