Description
ApostropheCMS is an open-source Node.js content management system. Prior to 1.1.0 of db-connect and 4.33.0 of ApostropheCMS, an account with view-draft access can submit a projection exclusion path that traverses through a constructor prototype chain to a shared prototype member when a consumer uses a SQLite, PostgreSQL, or multipostgres adapter and has a matching document. Every editing role has view-draft access, while guestApiAccess broadens this prerequisite to any logged-in account. The unsetNestedField helper then deletes the shared runtime member, causing persistent process-wide integrity and availability effects; the default MongoDB adapter is not affected. This issue is fixed in db-connect 1.1.0 and ApostropheCMS 4.33.0.
Published: 2026-10-20
Score: 7.1 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-j5rq-xfvr-p969 ApostropheCMS: Authenticated projection-exclusion prototype-member deletion in @apostrophecms/db-connect causes process-wide denial of service
History

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 17:45:00 +0000

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Description ApostropheCMS is an open-source Node.js content management system. Prior to 1.1.0 of db-connect and 4.33.0 of ApostropheCMS, an account with view-draft access can submit a projection exclusion path that traverses through a constructor prototype chain to a shared prototype member when a consumer uses a SQLite, PostgreSQL, or multipostgres adapter and has a matching document. Every editing role has view-draft access, while guestApiAccess broadens this prerequisite to any logged-in account. The unsetNestedField helper then deletes the shared runtime member, causing persistent process-wide integrity and availability effects; the default MongoDB adapter is not affected. This issue is fixed in db-connect 1.1.0 and ApostropheCMS 4.33.0.
Title ApostropheCMS: Authenticated projection-exclusion prototype-member deletion in @apostrophecms/db-connect causes process-wide denial of service
Weaknesses CWE-1321
CWE-400
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H'}

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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-20T17:43:12.999Z

Reserved: 2026-10-20T14:27:46.641Z

Link: CVE-2026-113666

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Updated: 2026-10-20T17:41:38.216Z

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-20T18:17:20.127

Modified: 2026-10-20T18:17:20.127

Link: CVE-2026-113666

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-1321

    Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')

  • CWE-400

    Uncontrolled Resource Consumption