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CVE-2021-41097

Prototype pollution in aurelia-path

9.1 CriticalFix available

aurelia-path is part of the Aurelia platform and contains utilities for path manipulation. There is a prototype pollution vulnerability in aurelia-path before version 1.1.7. The vulnerability exposes Aurelia application that uses aurelia-path package to parse a string. The majority of this will be Aurelia applications that employ the aurelia-router package. An example is this could allow an attacker to change the prototype of base object class Object by tricking an application to parse the following URL: https://aurelia.io/blog/?__proto__[asdf]=asdf. The problem is patched in version 1.1.7.

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
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

4.90%Up 3.6 points since Sep 28, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 9.1

Prototype pollution in aurelia-path

aurelia-path is part of the Aurelia platform and contains utilities for path manipulation. There is a prototype pollution vulnerability in aurelia-path before version 1.1.7. The vulnerability exposes Aurelia application that uses aurelia-path package to parse a string. The majority of this will be Aurelia applications that employ the aurelia-router package. An example is this could allow an attacker to change the prototype of base object class Object by tricking an application to parse the following URL: https://aurelia.io/blog/?__proto__[asdf]=asdf. The problem is patched in version 1.1.7.

Record
CVE-2021-41097
CVSS 3.1
9.1 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness
CWE-1321
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-1962 9.1

aurelia-path is part of the Aurelia platform and contains utilities for path manipulation. There is a prototype pollution vulnerability in aurelia-path before version 1.1.7. The vulnerability exposes Aurelia application that uses aurelia-path package to parse a string. The majority of this will be Aurelia applications that employ the aurelia-router package. An example is this could allow an attacker to change the prototype of base object class Object by tricking an application to parse the following URL: https://aurelia.io/blog/?__proto__[asdf]=asdf. The problem is patched in version 1.1.7.

Record
EUVD-2021-1962
CVSS 3.1
9.1 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3c9c-2p65-qvwv 9.1

Prototype pollution in aurelia-path

Impact

The vulnerability exposes Aurelia application that uses aurelia-path package to parse a string. The majority of this will be Aurelia applications that employ the aurelia-router package. An example is this could allow an attacker to change the prototype of base object class Object by tricking an application to parse the following URL: https://aurelia.io/blog/?__proto__[asdf]=asdf

Patches

The problem should be patched in version 1.1.7. Any version earlier than this is vulnerable.

Workarounds

A partial work around is to free the Object prototype:

Object.freeze(Object.prototype)
Record
GHSA-3c9c-2p65-qvwv
CVSS 3.1
9.1 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness
CWE-915, CWE-1321
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 9.1

aurelia-path is part of the Aurelia platform and contains utilities for path manipulation. There is a prototype pollution vulnerability in aurelia-path before version 1.1.7. The vulnerability exposes Aurelia application that uses aurelia-path package to parse a string. The majority of this will be Aurelia applications that employ the aurelia-router package. An example is this could allow an attacker to change the prototype of base object class Object by tricking an application to parse the following URL: https://aurelia.io/blog/?__proto__[asdf]=asdf. The problem is patched in version 1.1.7.

Record
CVE-2021-41097
CVSS 3.1
9.1 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness
CWE-1321
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 7.5

aurelia-path is part of the Aurelia platform and contains utilities for path manipulation. There is a prototype pollution vulnerability in aurelia-path before version 1.1.7. The vulnerability exposes Aurelia application that uses aurelia-path package to parse a string. The majority of this will be Aurelia applications that employ the aurelia-router package. An example is this could allow an attacker to change the prototype of base object class Object by tricking an application to parse the following URL: https://aurelia.io/blog/?__proto__[asdf]=asdf. The problem is patched in version 1.1.7.

Record
CVE-2021-41097
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-3c9c-2p65-qvwv 9.1

Prototype pollution in aurelia-path

Impact

The vulnerability exposes Aurelia application that uses aurelia-path package to parse a string. The majority of this will be Aurelia applications that employ the aurelia-router package. An example is this could allow an attacker to change the prototype of base object class Object by tricking an application to parse the following URL: https://aurelia.io/blog/?__proto__[asdf]=asdf

Patches

The problem should be patched in version 1.1.7. Any version earlier than this is vulnerable.

Workarounds

A partial work around is to free the Object prototype:

Object.freeze(Object.prototype)
Record
GHSA-3c9c-2p65-qvwv
CVSS 3.1
9.1 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness
CWE-1321, CWE-915
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
aurelia-path
npm
before 1.1.7
1.1.7

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
NucleiAurelia-Path < 1.1.7 - Prototype Pollution

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, Nuclei, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2021-41097 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.1) in Aurelia Path, published September 27, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.90%, the 92nd percentile. Fixed in aurelia-path 1.1.7.

References

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