Headline
CVE-2021-21297: Prototype Pollution through mis-use of admin API
Node-Red is a low-code programming for event-driven applications built using nodejs. Node-RED 1.2.7 and earlier contains a Prototype Pollution vulnerability in the admin API. A badly formed request can modify the prototype of the default JavaScript Object with the potential to affect the default behaviour of the Node-RED runtime. The vulnerability is patched in the 1.2.8 release. A workaround is to ensure only authorized users are able to access the editor url.
Impact
Node-RED 1.2.7 and earlier contains a Prototype Pollution vulnerability in the admin API. A badly formed request can modify the prototype of the default JavaScript Object with the potential to affect the default behaviour of the Node-RED runtime.
Patches
The vulnerability is patched in the 1.2.8 release.
Workarounds
A workaround is to ensure only authorised users are able to access the editor url.
For more information
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Acknowledgements
Thanks to the Tencent Woodpecker Security Team for disclosing this vulnerability.