CVE-2024-38996: ag-grid Prototype Pollution

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-38996 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Prototype Pollution vulnerability in ag-grid. EPSS estimates a 1.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 01-07-2024
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 02-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

ag-grid-community v31.3.2 and ag-grid-enterprise v31.3.2 were discovered to contain a prototype pollution via the _.mergeDeep function. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via injecting arbitrary properties.

• CWE-1321Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')The product receives input from an upstream component that specifies attributes that are to be initialized or updated in an object, but it does not properly control modifications of attributes of the object prototype.