Mongoose is a MongoDB object modeling tool designed to work in an asynchronous environment. Prior to 6.13.12, 7.8.13, 8.24.7, and 9.11.4, Schema.prototype.virtual() builds nested virtual paths without applying the special-property validation already used by Schema.path() and Schema.add(). An attacker who can influence virtual field names in dynamic schemas, content-management form builders, or schema-as-code systems can supply path segments such as __proto__, constructor, or prototype, causing the virtual-path reducer to write enumerable properties to Object.prototype or Function.prototype. The resulting prototype pollution can spoof inherited property checks such as authorization flags and can provide function-prototype gadget state to other server-side JavaScript code. This issue is fixed in versions 6.13.12, 7.8.13, 8.24.7, and 9.11.4.
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Description Mongoose is a MongoDB object modeling tool designed to work in an asynchronous environment. Prior to 6.13.12, 7.8.13, 8.24.7, and 9.11.4, Schema.prototype.virtual() builds nested virtual paths without applying the special-property validation already used by Schema.path() and Schema.add(). An attacker who can influence virtual field names in dynamic schemas, content-management form builders, or schema-as-code systems can supply path segments such as __proto__, constructor, or prototype, causing the virtual-path reducer to write enumerable properties to Object.prototype or Function.prototype. The resulting prototype pollution can spoof inherited property checks such as authorization flags and can provide function-prototype gadget state to other server-side JavaScript code. This issue is fixed in versions 6.13.12, 7.8.13, 8.24.7, and 9.11.4.
Title Mongoose: Prototype pollution via Schema.prototype.virtual()
Weaknesses CWE-1321
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2026-11-09T22:29:55.070Z

Updated: 2026-11-09T22:29:55.070Z

Reserved: 2026-11-09T17:45:35.936Z

Link: CVE-2026-125118

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-11-09T23:17:22.243

Modified: 2026-11-12T19:18:09.510

Link: CVE-2026-125118

cve-icon Redhat

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