{"cve":"CVE-2020-36618","nvd":{"published":"2022-12-19T14:15:10.100","modified":"2026-06-17T03:15:48.837","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":["CWE-1321","CWE-74"],"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"],"products":["furqansofware:node_whois"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:37:31.370122805+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2020-36618","score":0.01006,"percentile":0.63033,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-97jv-c342-5xhc","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-97jv-c342-5xhc","summary":"FurqanSoftware/node-whois vulnerable to Prototype Pollution","modified":"2023-11-08T04:03:48.278506Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"whois","purl":"pkg:npm/whois","ranges":["<2.13.6"],"fixed":["2.13.6"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}