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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2022-37598

Prototype pollution vulnerability in function DEFNODE in ast.js in mishoo UglifyJS 3.13.2 via the name variable in ast.js. NOTE: the vendor considers this an invalid report.

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3 Nov 2026, 14:46 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2022-37598

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Oct 2022, 00:00 UTC

Prototype pollution vulnerability in function DEFNODE in ast.js in mishoo UglifyJS 3.13.2 via the name variable in ast.js. NOTE: the vendor considers this an invalid report.

osv:CVE-2022-37598
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-37598",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "Prototype pollution vulnerability in function DEFNODE in ast.js in mishoo UglifyJS 3.13.2 via the name variable in ast.js. NOTE: the vendor considers this an invalid report.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2022-37598",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "unknown",
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                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
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          ],
          "versions": [
            "3.13.2",
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          "database_specific": {
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        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:29.728540168Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/mishoo/UglifyJS/blob/352a944868b09c9ce3121a49d4a0bf0afe370a35/lib/ast.js#L46",
        "https://github.com/mishoo/UglifyJS/blob/352a944868b09c9ce3121a49d4a0bf0afe370a35/lib/ast.js#L79",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/37xxx/CVE-2022-37598.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-37598",
        "https://github.com/mishoo/UglifyJS/issues/5699",
        "https://github.com/mishoo/UglifyJS/issues/5721#issuecomment-1292849604"
      ],
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        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
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      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2022-37598",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 496507,
  "published_at": "2022-10-20T00:00:00+00:00"
}