GHSA-5pm8-492c-92p5 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.3) vulnerability in chartkick. O3 Security confirms whether GHSA-5pm8-492c-92p5 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.
Prototype Pollution in chartkick
Real-World Exposure
How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, and reverse-dependency count shows how many other packages break if it stays unpatched.
chartkicknpmDescription
Affected versions of @polymer/polymer are vulnerable to prototype pollution. The package fails to prevent modification of object prototypes through chart options containing a payload such as {"__proto__": {"polluted": true}}. It is possible to achieve the same results if a chart loads data from a malicious server.
Recommendation
Upgrade to version 3.2.0 or later.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 📦npm | chartkick | ≥ 3.1.0&&< 3.2.0 | 3.2.0 |
| 💎RubyGems | chartkick | all versions | 3.3.0 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for chartkick. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update chartkick to 3.2.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-5pm8-492c-92p5 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-5pm8-492c-92p5 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to GHSA-5pm8-492c-92p5. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-5pm8-492c-92p5 in your dependencies?
O3 detects GHSA-5pm8-492c-92p5 across npm, RubyGems dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.