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CVE-2020-36618: Furqan node-whois index.coffee prototype pollution

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-12-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-74

Description

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Furqan node-whois. Affected is an unknown function of the file index.coffee. The manipulation leads to improperly controlled modification of object prototype attributes ('prototype pollution'). It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The name of the patch is 46ccc2aee8d063c7b6b4dee2c2834113b7286076. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-216252.

Affected products

• Furqan node-whois: all versions

References

• https://github.com/FurqanSoftware/node-whois/commit/46ccc2aee8d063c7b6b4dee2c2834113b7286076
• https://github.com/FurqanSoftware/node-whois/pull/105
• https://vuldb.com/?id.216252
• https://github.com/FurqanSoftware/node-whois/commit/46ccc2aee8d063c7b6b4dee2c2834113b7286076
• https://github.com/FurqanSoftware/node-whois/pull/105
• https://vuldb.com/?id.216252

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