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Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2023-26158"
idYear: 2023
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2023-12-08T05:00:01.350Z"
updatedAt: "2024-08-02T11:39:06.604Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:56:53.804Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2023-26158"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2023-26158.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-26158"
title: null
summary: "All versions of the package mockjs are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via the Util.extend function due to missing check if the attribute resolves to the object prototype. By adding or modifying attributes of an object prototype, it is possible to create attributes that exist on every object, or replace critical attributes with malicious ones. This can be problematic if the software depends on existence or non-existence of certain attributes, or uses pre-defined attributes of object prototype (such as hasOwnProperty, toString or valueOf).\r\rUser controlled inputs inside the extend() method of the Mock.Handler, Mock.Random, Mock.RE.Handler or Mock.Util, will allow an attacker to exploit this vulnerability.\r\r Workaround\r\rBy using a denylist of dangerous attributes, this weakness can be eliminated.\r\rAdd the following line in the Util.extend function:\r\rjs\rjs if ([\"__proto__\", \"constructor\", \"prototype\"].includes(name)) continue\r\r\rjs\r// src/mock/handler.js\rUtil.extend = function extend() {\r        var target = arguments[0] || {},\r            i = 1,\r            length = arguments.length,\r            options, name, src, copy, clone\r\r        if (length === 1) {\r            target = this\r            i = 0\r        }\r\r        for (; i \u003c length; i++) {\r            options = arguments[i]\r            if (!options) continue\r\r            for (name in options) {\r            if ([\"__proto__\", \"constructor\", \"prototype\"].includes(name)) continue\r                src = target[name]\r                copy = options[name]\r\r                if (target === copy) continue\r                if (copy === undefined) continue\r\r                if (Util.isArray(copy) || Util.isObject(copy)) {\r                    if (Util.isArray(copy)) clone = src && Util.isArray(src) ? src : []\r                    if (Util.isObject(copy)) clone = src && Util.isObject(src) ? src : {}\r\r                    target[name] = Util.extend(clone, copy)\r                } else {\r                    target[name] = copy\r                }\r            }\r        }\r\r        return target\r    }\r"
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"*"}],"vendor":"n/a","product":"mockjs"}]

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