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Prototype Pollution

CVE-2020-8147GHSA-6pq3-928q-x6w6

What to do

Vendor response not established. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check back for a fix.

This page has no inventory attached, so it cannot say whether you are affected. A vendor fix is not proof that your deployment is fixed.

Affected packages

  • npm utils-extend

    Affected
    every version
    Fixed in
    no fixed version recorded

Sources

Severity and exploitation
Exploitation
No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.
CVSS
not scored
EPSS
  • CVE-2020-8147: 3.15% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 87.96 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.
Source description

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

All versions of utils-extend are vulnerable to prototype pollution. The extend function does not restrict the modification of an Object's prototype, which may allow an attacker to add or modify an existing property that will exist on all objects. Recommendation No fix is currently available. Consider using an alternative package until a fix is made available.

Dates and revisions
Published by the source
Last modified by the source
Source last checked
  1. Revision 2 · amended ·

    Amended from ghsa record GHSA-6pq3-928q-x6w6

  2. Revision 1 · created ·

    Published from osv record GHSA-6pq3-928q-x6w6

Agent brief

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2020-8147

Advisory: Prototype Pollution
IDs: CVE-2020-8147, GHSA-6pq3-928q-x6w6
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2020-8147 (revision 2, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 12:15 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: Unrated
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor response not established. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- npm utils-extend: affected every version

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- `npm ls utils-extend --all`: lists every installed copy and version, including transitive ones. Run in the project root after `npm ci`.

## Supported action
No complete vendor fix is recorded. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check this record again before closing anything.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on utils-extend.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-6pq3-928q-x6w6 (OSV record GHSA-6pq3-928q-x6w6 lists affected ranges: npm utils-extend >=0.0.0)
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6pq3-928q-x6w6 (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-6pq3-928q-x6w6 lists affected ranges: npm utils-extend >=0.0.0)

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