CVE-2021-23771
Sandbox Bypass
This affects all versions of package notevil; all versions of package argencoders-notevil. It is vulnerable to Sandbox Escape leading to Prototype pollution. The package fails to restrict access to the main context, allowing an attacker to add or modify an object's prototype. Note: This vulnerability derives from an incomplete fix in SNYK-JS-NOTEVIL-608878.
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
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Sandbox Bypass
This affects all versions of package notevil; all versions of package argencoders-notevil. It is vulnerable to Sandbox Escape leading to Prototype pollution. The package fails to restrict access to the main context, allowing an attacker to add or modify an object's prototype. Note: This vulnerability derives from an incomplete fix in SNYK-JS-NOTEVIL-608878.
- Record
CVE-2021-23771- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-1375
This affects all versions of package notevil; all versions of package argencoders-notevil. It is vulnerable to Sandbox Escape leading to Prototype pollution. The package fails to restrict access to the main context, allowing an attacker to add or modify an object's prototype. Note: This vulnerability derives from an incomplete fix in SNYK-JS-NOTEVIL-608878.
- Record
EUVD-2022-1375- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:P - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8g4m-cjm2-96wq
Sandbox escape in notevil and argencoders-notevil
This affects all versions of package notevil; all versions of package argencoders-notevil. It is vulnerable to Sandbox Escape leading to Prototype pollution. The package fails to restrict access to the main context, allowing an attacker to add or modify an object's prototype. Note: This vulnerability derives from an incomplete fix in SNYK-JS-NOTEVIL-608878. This package has been deprecated.
- Record
GHSA-8g4m-cjm2-96wq- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-1321
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
This affects all versions of package notevil; all versions of package argencoders-notevil. It is vulnerable to Sandbox Escape leading to Prototype pollution. The package fails to restrict access to the main context, allowing an attacker to add or modify an object's prototype. Note: This vulnerability derives from an incomplete fix in SNYK-JS-NOTEVIL-608878.
- Record
CVE-2021-23771- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 6.4 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-1321
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-8g4m-cjm2-96wq
Sandbox escape in notevil and argencoders-notevil
This affects all versions of package notevil; all versions of package argencoders-notevil. It is vulnerable to Sandbox Escape leading to Prototype pollution. The package fails to restrict access to the main context, allowing an attacker to add or modify an object's prototype. Note: This vulnerability derives from an incomplete fix in SNYK-JS-NOTEVIL-608878. This package has been deprecated.
- Record
GHSA-8g4m-cjm2-96wq- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-1321
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
notevilnpm |
through 1.3.3 | None known |
argencoders-notevilnpm |
through 2.5.0 | None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 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-2021-23771 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Argencoders-notevil Project Argencoders-notevil, published March 17, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.01%, the 63rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.