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Description

A security flaw has been discovered in enquirer up to 2.4.1. Affected is the function Enquirer.set of the component Public Package API. The manipulation of the argument question.name results in improperly controlled modification of object prototype attributes. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-07-09 | Published 2026-07-09 | Updated 2026-07-09 | Assigner VulDB




MEDIUM: 5.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
MEDIUM: 4.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
MEDIUM: 4.3CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
4.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR

Problem types

Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes

Code Injection

Timeline

2026-07-09:Advisory disclosed
2026-07-09:VulDB entry created
2026-07-09:VulDB entry last update

Credits

Dremig (VulDB User) reporter

VulDB CNA Team coordinator

References

vuldb.com/vuln/377113 (VDB-377113 | enquirer Public Package API Enquirer.set prototype pollution) vdb-entry technical-description

vuldb.com/vuln/377113/cti (VDB-377113 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA)) signature permissions-required

vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-15187 (CVE-2026-15187 | CVE Analysis and Report) third-party-advisory

vuldb.com/submit/851357 (Submit #851357 | Node.js enquirer 2.4.1 Prototype Pollution) third-party-advisory

github.com/enquirer/enquirer/issues/487 issue-tracking

github.com/enquirer/enquirer/issues/487 exploit issue-tracking

github.com/enquirer/enquirer/ product

cve.org (CVE-2026-15187)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-15187)

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