CVE-2019-10768

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2019-11-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-1321

Description

In AngularJS before 1.7.9 the function `merge()` could be tricked into adding or modifying properties of `Object.prototype` using a `__proto__` payload.

Affected products

angularjs: before 1.7.9 — fixed in 1.7.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: angularjs 1.7.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rca37935d661f4689cb4119f1b3b224413b22be161b678e6e6ce0c69b%40%3Ccommits.nifi.apache.org%3E
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-ANGULAR-534884
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rca37935d661f4689cb4119f1b3b224413b22be161b678e6e6ce0c69b%40%3Ccommits.nifi.apache.org%3E
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-ANGULAR-534884

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