CVE-2020-8116
nodejs-dot-prop: prototype pollution
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · January 28, 2020
Updated · October 30, 2026
Description
A prototype pollution flaw was found in nodejs-dot-prop. The function set could be tricked into adding or modifying properties of Object.prototype using any of the constructor, prototype, or proto paths. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
Statement
In both OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) and OpenShift ServiceMesh (OSSM), the grafana and prometheus containers are behind OpenShift OAuth restricting access to the vulnerable dot-prop library to authenticated users only, therefore the impact is Low.
Red Hat Openshift Container Storage 4 is not affected by this vulnerability, as it already includes patched version of dot-prop(v5.2.0) in noobaa-core container.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 7.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE-471 · Modification of Assumed-Immutable Data (MAID)