CVE-2021-41097
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.
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
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 Critical
CVSS: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 Critical
CVSS: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 Critical
CVSS: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 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV: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 High
CVSS: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 Critical
CVSS: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
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
aurelia-pathnpm |
before 1.1.7 | 1.1.7 |
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Nuclei | Aurelia-Path < 1.1.7 - Prototype Pollution |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE 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
github.com/aurelia/path/security/advisories/GHSA-3c9c-2p65-qvwv
github.com/aurelia/path/issues/44
github.com/aurelia/path/commit/7c4e235433a4a2df9acc313fbe891758084fdec1
github.com/aurelia/path/releases/tag/1.1.7
npmjs.com/package/aurelia-path
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41097
github.com/advisories/GHSA-3c9c-2p65-qvwv
github.com/aurelia/path