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High · 7.5 CVE-2025-3193 EUVD-2025-31407GHSA-529q-4j3p-7c5r

algoliasearch-helper is vulnerable to Prototype Pollution in _merge()

Published Sep 27, 2025 · Updated Aug 8, 2026 · Assigned by snyk

Description

Versions of the package algoliasearch-helper from 2.0.0-rc1 and before 3.11.2 are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution in the _merge() function in merge.js, which allows constructor.prototype to be written even though doing so throws an error. In the "extreme edge-case" that the resulting error is caught, code injected into the user-supplied search parameter may be exeucted.

This is related to but distinct from the issue reported in [CVE-2021-23433](https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-ALGOLIASEARCHHELPER-1570421).

**NOTE:** This vulnerability is not exploitable in the default configuration of InstantSearch since searchParameters are not modifiable by users.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— algoliasearch-helper 2.0.0-rc1 – < 3.11.2 3.11.2

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm algoliasearch-helper >= 2.0.0-rc1, < 3.11.2 3.11.2 GHSA-529q-4j3p-7c5r

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