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TI-2026-35605 Aliases CVE-2026-48170GHSA-9m6g-wc8r-q59c

scimPatch vulnerable to prototype pollution via unfiltered keys in patch

Priority HIGH 72CWE-1321Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · High · Low
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

`scim-patch`, a library to perform SCIM patch, prior to version 0.9.1 performs prototype pollution when applying a SCIM PATCH operation whose `value` object contains a key like `"__proto__.someProp"`. After one such patch, `Object.prototype.someProp` is set process-wide, affecting every plain object in the Node process. Any service that calls `scimPatch()` on attacker-controlled JSON (i.e. any SCIM endpoint accepting `PATCH` from an external IdP) is exploitable on a stock Node runtime. Version 0.9.1 contains a patch. A workaround is available. Calling `Object.freeze(Object.prototype)` (and the same on `Array.prototype`, `Function.prototype`) at process startup neutralizes this class of bug — assignment to a frozen prototype becomes a silent no-op in sloppy mode or a `TypeError` in strict mode. Node's `--frozen-intrinsics` flag does this for built-ins automatically.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00403 34th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed scim-patch (thomaspoignant): 0.9.1scim-patch (npm): 0.9.1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
thomaspoignantscim-patchbefore 0.9.10.9.1Patch availableCNA
—scim-patch (npm)before 0.9.10.9.1Patch availableGHSA-9m6g-wc8r-q59c
  • scim-patch Vendorthomaspoignant Affected before 0.9.1 Fixed in 0.9.1 Patch available CNA
  • scim-patch (npm) Vendor— Affected before 0.9.1 Fixed in 0.9.1 Patch available GHSA-9m6g-wc8r-q59c

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA scim-patch (thomaspoignant) Fixed in 0.9.1
  • Fix · GHSA-9m6g-wc8r-q59c scim-patch (npm) Fixed in 0.9.1 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-48170
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9m6g-wc8r-q59c

References

  • TI-2026-44253 scim-patch: Mutation of Inherited Built-in Method Objects CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3

Sources