CVE-2026-125118 (GCVE-0-2026-125118)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-11-09 22:29 – Updated: 2026-11-09 22:29
VLAI
Title
Mongoose: Prototype pollution via Schema.prototype.virtual()
Summary
Mongoose is a MongoDB object modeling tool designed to work in an asynchronous environment. Prior to 6.13.12, 7.8.13, 8.24.7, and 9.11.4, Schema.prototype.virtual() builds nested virtual paths without applying the special-property validation already used by Schema.path() and Schema.add(). An attacker who can influence virtual field names in dynamic schemas, content-management form builders, or schema-as-code systems can supply path segments such as __proto__, constructor, or prototype, causing the virtual-path reducer to write enumerable properties to Object.prototype or Function.prototype. The resulting prototype pollution can spoof inherited property checks such as authorization flags and can provide function-prototype gadget state to other server-side JavaScript code. This issue is fixed in versions 6.13.12, 7.8.13, 8.24.7, and 9.11.4.
CWE
  • CWE-1321 - Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Automattic mongoose Affected: < 6.13.12
Affected: >= 7.0.0, < 7.8.13
Affected: >= 8.0.0, < 8.24.7
Affected: >= 9.0.0, < 9.11.4
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