PT-2022-24022 · Webpack+3 · Loader-Utils+3

Supraja Baskar · Published 2022-10-12 · Updated 2025-12-11 · CVE-2022-37601

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions loader-utils versions prior to 1.4.1 loader-utils versions prior to 2.0.3

Description The issue is related to a prototype pollution vulnerability in the parseQuery function within parseQuery.js in webpack loader-utils. This vulnerability is exploited via the name variable in parseQuery.js.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.4.1, update to version 1.4.1 or later. For versions prior to 2.0.3, update to version 2.0.3 or later.

Exploit

Fix

Prototype Pollution

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-1321

Related Identifiers

AZL-26161

CVE-2022-37601

DLA-3258-1

GHSA-76P3-8JX3-JPFQ

RHSA-2023:6420

RHSA-2023:6972

Affected Products

Astra Linux

Confluence

Red Os

Loader-Utils

References · 31

• 🔥 https://github.com/webpack/loader-utils/issues/212#issuecomment-1319192884 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/webpack/loader-utils/blob/d9f4e23cf411d8556f8bac2d3bf05a6e0103b568/lib/parseQuery.js#L11 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/webpack/loader-utils/blob/d9f4e23cf411d8556f8bac2d3bf05a6e0103b568/lib/parseQuery.js#L47 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/issues/436#issuecomment-1319412826 · Exploit
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-37601 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-37601 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-37601 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-37601 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-37601 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-37601 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-37601 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-26161 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-76p3-8jx3-jpfq · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-37601 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-3258-1 · Vendor Advisory