CVE-2022-37601

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8—

9.8

Prototype pollution vulnerability in function parseQuery in parseQuery.js in webpack loader-utils via the name variable in parseQuery.js. This affects all versions prior to 1.4.1 and 2.0.3.

CVSS v3: 9.8
EG Score: 9.8(medium)
EPSS: 95.4%
KEV: Not listed

Published

October 12, 2022

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (18)

cve@mitrehttp://users.encs.concordia.ca/~mmannan/publications/JS-vulnerability-aisaccs2022.pdf
cve@mitrehttps://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3488932.3497769
cve@mitrehttps://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3488932.3497769
cve@mitrehttps://github.com/webpack/loader-utils/blob/d9f4e23cf411d8556f8bac2d3bf05a6e0103b568/lib/parseQuery.js#L11
cve@mitrehttps://github.com/webpack/loader-utils/blob/d9f4e23cf411d8556f8bac2d3bf05a6e0103b568/lib/parseQuery.js#L47
cve@mitrehttps://github.com/webpack/loader-utils/issues/212
cve@mitrehttps://github.com/webpack/loader-utils/issues/212#issuecomment-1319192884
cve@mitrehttps://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/issues/436#issuecomment-1319412826
cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00044.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://users.encs.concordia.ca/~mmannan/publications/JS-vulnerability-aisaccs2022.pdf
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3488932.3497769
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3488932.3497769
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/webpack/loader-utils/blob/d9f4e23cf411d8556f8bac2d3bf05a6e0103b568/lib/parseQuery.js#L11
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/webpack/loader-utils/blob/d9f4e23cf411d8556f8bac2d3bf05a6e0103b568/lib/parseQuery.js#L47
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/webpack/loader-utils/issues/212

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2022-37601(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

RHSA-2023:0934
Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Migration Toolkit for Applications security and bug fix update

Patch Availability(4)

Vendor / Ecosystem	Fixed in / Patch	Released	Source
redhat	grafana-0:9.2.10-7.el8_9	2023-11-14	redhat
redhat	grafana-0:9.2.10-7.el9_3	2023-11-07	redhat
redhat	mta/mta-ui-rhel8:6.0.1-10	2023-02-28	redhat
redhat	openshift-logging/logging-view-plugin-rhel8:v5.6.0-28	2023-01-19	redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)

npm(1)

Package	Vulnerable range	Fixed in	Dependents
loader-utils	—	1.4.1	—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-1321Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes (Prototype Pollution)

Additional Vendor Advisories

(4)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 8× in last 7d / 8× in last 30d)

Every time one of our enrichment pipelines (NVD, MITRE cvelistV5, EPSS, CISA KEV, GHSA, OSV, vendor advisories) ran against this CVE. Most recent first.

2026-05-27 13:39 UTCepss_batch
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2026-05-26 07:17 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-26 07:17 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-26 07:17 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-25 13:55 UTCEG score recompute
2026-05-25 13:55 UTCVendor advisory
2026-05-24 16:51 UTCepss_batch

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2022-37601?

CVE-2022-37601 is a critical vulnerability published on October 12, 2022. Prototype pollution vulnerability in function parseQuery in parseQuery.js in webpack loader-utils via the name variable in parseQuery.js. This affects all versions prior to 1.4.1 and 2.0.3.

When was CVE-2022-37601 disclosed?

CVE-2022-37601 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on October 12, 2022, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2022-37601 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-37601 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 95.4% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2022-37601?

CVE-2022-37601 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2022-37601?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2022-37601, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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