CVE-2021-44906
Description revised (poc_count, poc_public, poc_url). The record changed; nothing in the observed threat did.
CVE record, CISA KEV and EPSS as of 2026-10-18.
CVEs like this one computed, by meaning
What to do now held facts and links
- Upgrade to minimist 1.2.6 or later upper bounds of the CVE record's affected ranges
- Record your decision, dated and frozen with today's evidence: patch by a date · mitigated by a compensating control · deferred · accepted the risk · not affected
- Check your version against the ranges this record publishes.
What it is stated by the CNA
Minimist <=1.2.5 is vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via file index.js, function setKey() (lines 69-95).
- weakness
- Not named by the CNA. NVD maps it to CWE-1321.
- affected
- Not named by the CNA. The published ranges name Substack minimist.
- published ranges
- substack minimist < 1.2.6
- first unaffected version, by branch
- minimist 1.2.6
- fixed by package (from OSV advisories)
- minimist (npm): 0.2.4; 1.2.6 GHSA-xvch-5gv4-984h
- assigned by
- mitre
- published
- 2022-03-17
check us snyk.io github.com github.com stackoverflow.com
Exploit code held, dated
- exploit code
- 1 public proof-of-concept repository, first seen 2023-10-02 (PoC-in-GitHub).
What moved held, dated
| date | EPSS | event |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Mar 2022 | 0.0095 | |
| 24 Mar 2022 | 0.01018 | |
| 7 Mar 2023 | 0.00168 | scoring model v2023.03.01 |
| 24 Mar 2023 | 0.00277 | |
| 17 Mar 2025 | 0.00654 | scoring model v2025.03.14 |
| 21 Mar 2026 | 0.00883 | |
| 1 Apr 2026 | 0.00882 | |
| 22 May 2026 | 0.00789 | |
| 15 Jun 2026 | 0.04581 | scoring model v2026.06.15 |
65 observations held. A step marked with a scoring model moved because the measurement was replaced, not because the vulnerability changed.
Outside the record researched, cited
This section reads the record's references and adds cited findings from outside it. It needs an account. Everything above is held facts and is complete without it.
What would change this brief held, dated
- CISA KEV
- Not listed in the catalogue we hold. A listing changes this brief.
- exploit probability
- 0.05 on 2026-06-15 (FIRST's EPSS, a probability and not evidence of exploitation). Next band line: 10% (0.10). Crossing a line changes this brief.
- fix
- Held: minimist 1.2.6. A newer fix from the CNA or OSV changes this brief.
How to check this
Every value above is held with two dates: when it was true upstream (as_of) and when we recorded it (tx_from). Re-derive the exploit probability as it stood on any date:
SELECT value, source, source_version, as_of, tx_from
FROM volatile_valid_as_of('CVE-2021-44906', '2026-11-01T23:59:59.999999Z', now());