Security context

What an agent needs to avoid regressing past fixes and find the next vuln in this repo.

npm/cacache

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Fixes

CVEs

MEDIUM

Peak severity

Highlights

Prototype Pollution: 1 prior fix. Scrutinize any change in this area.

lib/verify.js: most-fixed (1 issue). Treat as high-risk during review.

0 high-severity fixes in this history; regressions here are high-impact.

Recurring patterns

The bug types that recur here, drawn from past fixes, not open vulnerabilities.

Prototype Pollution: During index rebuilding, insecure property access on cache entries allows prototype pollution if keys correspond to built-in Object properties. This can lead to arbitrary property injection across the Node.js application process.