diff --git a/lib/diagnostics_channel.js b/lib/diagnostics_channel.js
index 8d2d374dc8e6ae..f0aedbd6ef29b6 100644
--- a/lib/diagnostics_channel.js
+++ b/lib/diagnostics_channel.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ const { triggerUncaughtException } = internalBinding('errors');
 const dc_binding = internalBinding('diagnostics_channel');
 const { subscribers: subscriberCounts } = dc_binding;
 
-const { WeakReference } = require('internal/util');
+const { WeakReference, kEmptyObject } = require('internal/util');
 const { isPromise } = require('internal/util/types');
 
 // Can't delete when weakref count reaches 0 as it could increment again.
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ class BoundedChannel {
     return done;
   }
 
-  withScope(context = {}) {
+  withScope(context = kEmptyObject) {
     return new BoundedChannelScope(this, context);
   }
 
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ class TracingChannel {
     return done;
   }
 
-  traceSync(fn, context = {}, thisArg, ...args) {
+  traceSync(fn, context = { __proto__: null }, thisArg, ...args) {
     if (!this.hasSubscribers) {
       return ReflectApply(fn, thisArg, args);
     }
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ class TracingChannel {
     }
   }
 
-  tracePromise(fn, context = {}, thisArg, ...args) {
+  tracePromise(fn, context = { __proto__: null }, thisArg, ...args) {
     if (!this.hasSubscribers) {
       const result = ReflectApply(fn, thisArg, args);
       if (typeof result?.then !== 'function') {
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ class TracingChannel {
     }
   }
 
-  traceCallback(fn, position = -1, context = {}, thisArg, ...args) {
+  traceCallback(fn, position = -1, context = kEmptyObject, thisArg, ...args) {
     if (!this.hasSubscribers) {
       return ReflectApply(fn, thisArg, args);
     }
diff --git a/lib/fs.js b/lib/fs.js
index 043e29211a1580..db65f74c446174 100644
--- a/lib/fs.js
+++ b/lib/fs.js
@@ -1840,7 +1840,7 @@ function readdirSync(path, options) {
  *   ) => any} [callback]
  * @returns {void}
  */
-function fstat(fd, options = { bigint: false }, callback) {
+function fstat(fd, options = { __proto__: null, bigint: false }, callback) {
   if (typeof options === 'function') {
     callback = options;
     options = kEmptyObject;
@@ -1867,7 +1867,7 @@ function fstat(fd, options = { bigint: false }, callback) {
  *   ) => any} callback
  * @returns {void}
  */
-function lstat(path, options = { bigint: false }, callback) {
+function lstat(path, options = { __proto__: null, bigint: false }, callback) {
   if (typeof options === 'function') {
     callback = options;
     options = kEmptyObject;
@@ -1899,7 +1899,7 @@ function lstat(path, options = { bigint: false }, callback) {
  *   ) => any} callback
  * @returns {void}
  */
-function stat(path, options = { bigint: false, throwIfNoEntry: true }, callback) {
+function stat(path, options = { __proto__: null, bigint: false, throwIfNoEntry: true }, callback) {
   if (typeof options === 'function') {
     callback = options;
     options = kEmptyObject;
@@ -1922,7 +1922,7 @@ function stat(path, options = { bigint: false, throwIfNoEntry: true }, callback)
   binding.stat(getValidatedPath(path), options.bigint, req, options.throwIfNoEntry);
 }
 
-function statfs(path, options = { bigint: false }, callback) {
+function statfs(path, options = { __proto__: null, bigint: false }, callback) {
   if (typeof options === 'function') {
     callback = options;
     options = kEmptyObject;
@@ -1957,7 +1957,7 @@ function statfs(path, options = { bigint: false }, callback) {
  * @param {{ bigint?: boolean; }} [options]
  * @returns {Stats | undefined}
  */
-function fstatSync(fd, options = { bigint: false }) {
+function fstatSync(fd, options = { __proto__: null, bigint: false }) {
   const h = vfsState.handlers;
   if (h !== null) {
     const result = h.fstatSync(fd);
@@ -1980,7 +1980,7 @@ function fstatSync(fd, options = { bigint: false }) {
  *   }} [options]
  * @returns {Stats | undefined}
  */
-function lstatSync(path, options = { bigint: false, throwIfNoEntry: true }) {
+function lstatSync(path, options = { __proto__: null, bigint: false, throwIfNoEntry: true }) {
   const h = vfsState.handlers;
   if (h !== null) {
     const result = h.lstatSync(path, options);
@@ -2014,7 +2014,7 @@ function lstatSync(path, options = { bigint: false, throwIfNoEntry: true }) {
  *   }} [options]
  * @returns {Stats}
  */
-function statSync(path, options = { bigint: false, throwIfNoEntry: true }) {
+function statSync(path, options = { __proto__: null, bigint: false, throwIfNoEntry: true }) {
   const h = vfsState.handlers;
   if (h !== null) {
     const result = h.statSync(path, options);
@@ -2032,7 +2032,7 @@ function statSync(path, options = { bigint: false, throwIfNoEntry: true }) {
   return getStatsFromBinding(stats);
 }
 
-function statfsSync(path, options = { bigint: false }) {
+function statfsSync(path, options = { __proto__: null, bigint: false }) {
   const h = vfsState.handlers;
   if (h !== null) {
     const result = h.statfsSync(path, options);
diff --git a/lib/internal/async_local_storage/async_context_frame.js b/lib/internal/async_local_storage/async_context_frame.js
index 8390ba92cbe848..0fd20b79535d20 100644
--- a/lib/internal/async_local_storage/async_context_frame.js
+++ b/lib/internal/async_local_storage/async_context_frame.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ const AsyncContextFrame = require('internal/async_context_frame');
 const { AsyncResource } = require('async_hooks');
 
 const RunScope = require('internal/async_local_storage/run_scope');
+const { kEmptyObject } = require('internal/util');
 
 class AsyncLocalStorage {
   #defaultValue = undefined;
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ class AsyncLocalStorage {
   /**
    * @param {AsyncLocalStorageOptions} [options]
    */
-  constructor(options = {}) {
+  constructor(options = kEmptyObject) {
     validateObject(options, 'options');
     this.#defaultValue = options.defaultValue;
 
diff --git a/lib/internal/async_local_storage/async_hooks.js b/lib/internal/async_local_storage/async_hooks.js
index 552092d89bf305..dab76538845a95 100644
--- a/lib/internal/async_local_storage/async_hooks.js
+++ b/lib/internal/async_local_storage/async_hooks.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ const {
 } = require('async_hooks');
 
 const RunScope = require('internal/async_local_storage/run_scope');
+const { kEmptyObject } = require('internal/util');
 
 const storageList = [];
 const storageHook = createHook({
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ class AsyncLocalStorage {
   /**
    * @param {AsyncLocalStorageOptions} [options]
    */
-  constructor(options = {}) {
+  constructor(options = kEmptyObject) {
     this.kResourceStore = Symbol('kResourceStore');
     this.enabled = false;
     validateObject(options, 'options');
diff --git a/lib/internal/blob.js b/lib/internal/blob.js
index f16e520e197cdd..20f7078d1d0915 100644
--- a/lib/internal/blob.js
+++ b/lib/internal/blob.js
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ function createBlobReaderStream(reader) {
 // unbounded memory growth when the DataQueue has a large burst of data.
 const kMaxBatchChunks = 16;
 
-async function* createBlobReaderIterable(reader, options = {}) {
+async function* createBlobReaderIterable(reader, options = kEmptyObject) {
   const { getReadError } = options;
   let wakeup = PromiseWithResolvers();
   reader.setWakeup(wakeup.resolve);
diff --git a/lib/internal/crypto/cipher.js b/lib/internal/crypto/cipher.js
index d622d35d85faf8..61728364986898 100644
--- a/lib/internal/crypto/cipher.js
+++ b/lib/internal/crypto/cipher.js
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ const assert = require('internal/assert');
 
 const LazyTransform = require('internal/streams/lazy_transform');
 
-const { normalizeEncoding } = require('internal/util');
+const { normalizeEncoding, kEmptyObject } = require('internal/util');
 
 const { StringDecoder } = require('string_decoder');
 
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ addCipherPrototypeFunctions(Decipheriv);
 
 const kMinNid = 1;
 const kMaxNid = 2_147_483_647;
-function getCipherInfo(nameOrNid, options = {}) {
+function getCipherInfo(nameOrNid, options = kEmptyObject) {
   validateObject(options, 'options');
   let { keyLength, ivLength } = options;
   if (keyLength !== undefined) {
diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/promises.js b/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
index 45072c1581703d..18bde698728a39 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
@@ -1715,7 +1715,7 @@ async function symlink(target, path, type) {
   );
 }
 
-async function fstat(handle, options = { bigint: false }) {
+async function fstat(handle, options = { __proto__: null, bigint: false }) {
   const result = await PromisePrototypeThen(
     binding.fstat(handle.fd, options.bigint, kUsePromises),
     undefined,
@@ -1724,7 +1724,7 @@ async function fstat(handle, options = { bigint: false }) {
   return getStatsFromBinding(result);
 }
 
-async function lstat(path, options = { bigint: false }) {
+async function lstat(path, options = { __proto__: null, bigint: false }) {
   const h = vfsState.handlers;
   if (h !== null) {
     const promise = h.lstat(path, options);
@@ -1743,7 +1743,7 @@ async function lstat(path, options = { bigint: false }) {
   return getStatsFromBinding(result);
 }
 
-async function stat(path, options = { bigint: false, throwIfNoEntry: true }) {
+async function stat(path, options = { __proto__: null, bigint: false, throwIfNoEntry: true }) {
   const h = vfsState.handlers;
   if (h !== null) {
     const promise = h.stat(path, options);
@@ -1761,7 +1761,7 @@ async function stat(path, options = { bigint: false, throwIfNoEntry: true }) {
   return getStatsFromBinding(result);
 }
 
-async function statfs(path, options = { bigint: false }) {
+async function statfs(path, options = { __proto__: null, bigint: false }) {
   const h = vfsState.handlers;
   if (h !== null) {
     const result = h.statfs(path, options);
diff --git a/lib/internal/http2/core.js b/lib/internal/http2/core.js
index 7c009d60b95821..e7e3260f7f4cee 100644
--- a/lib/internal/http2/core.js
+++ b/lib/internal/http2/core.js
@@ -3813,7 +3813,7 @@ function getUnpackedSettings(buf, options = kEmptyObject) {
   return settings;
 }
 
-function performServerHandshake(socket, options = {}) {
+function performServerHandshake(socket, options = kEmptyObject) {
   options = initializeOptions(options);
   return new ServerHttp2Session(options, socket, undefined);
 }
diff --git a/lib/internal/inspector/network_http.js b/lib/internal/inspector/network_http.js
index 46bdd827c094a1..1bb08762bdb418 100644
--- a/lib/internal/inspector/network_http.js
+++ b/lib/internal/inspector/network_http.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ const {
 } = require('internal/inspector/network');
 const { Network } = require('inspector');
 const EventEmitter = require('events');
+const { kEmptyObject } = require('internal/util');
 
 const kRequestUrl = Symbol('kRequestUrl');
 
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ function getRequestURL(request, host) {
 }
 
 // Convert a Headers object (Map<string, number | string | string[]>) to a plain object (Map<string, string>)
-const convertHeaderObject = (headers = {}) => {
+const convertHeaderObject = (headers = kEmptyObject) => {
   // The 'host' header that contains the host and port of the URL.
   let host;
   let charset;
diff --git a/lib/internal/inspector/network_http2.js b/lib/internal/inspector/network_http2.js
index 0f0751c44dd1f9..0f4aabf59cfd32 100644
--- a/lib/internal/inspector/network_http2.js
+++ b/lib/internal/inspector/network_http2.js
@@ -30,11 +30,12 @@ const {
 } = internalBinding('http2').constants;
 const EventEmitter = require('events');
 const { Buffer } = require('buffer');
+const { kEmptyObject } = require('internal/util');
 
 const kRequestUrl = Symbol('kRequestUrl');
 
 // Convert a Headers object (Map<string, number | string | string[]>) to a plain object (Map<string, string>)
-function convertHeaderObject(headers = {}) {
+function convertHeaderObject(headers = kEmptyObject) {
   let scheme;
   let authority;
   let path;
diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/esm/hooks.js b/lib/internal/modules/esm/hooks.js
index 78ffb5f834a989..67ccc9683ee50e 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/esm/hooks.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/esm/hooks.js
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ class AsyncLoaderHooksOnLoaderHookWorker {
    * @param {object} context Metadata about the module
    * @returns {Promise<{ format: ModuleFormat, source: ModuleSource }>}
    */
-  async load(url, context = {}) {
+  async load(url, context = kEmptyObject) {
     const chain = this.#chains.load;
     const meta = {
       chainFinished: null,
diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/esm/resolve.js b/lib/internal/modules/esm/resolve.js
index b028f44f013886..7359eeacc7cca1 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/esm/resolve.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/esm/resolve.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const { getOptionValue } = require('internal/options');
 // Do not eagerly grab .manifest, it may be in TDZ
 const { sep, posix: { relative: relativePosixPath }, resolve } = require('path');
 const { URL, pathToFileURL, fileURLToPath, isURL, URLParse } = require('internal/url');
-const { getCWDURL, setOwnProperty } = require('internal/util');
+const { getCWDURL, setOwnProperty, kEmptyObject } = require('internal/util');
 const { canParse: URLCanParse } = internalBinding('url');
 const { legacyMainResolve: FSLegacyMainResolve } = internalBinding('fs');
 const {
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ function throwIfInvalidParentURL(parentURL) {
  * @param {string[]} [context.conditions] - The conditions for resolving the specifier.
  * @returns {{url: string, format?: string}}
  */
-function defaultResolve(specifier, context = {}) {
+function defaultResolve(specifier, context = kEmptyObject) {
   let { parentURL, conditions } = context;
   throwIfInvalidParentURL(parentURL);
 
diff --git a/lib/internal/perf/observe.js b/lib/internal/perf/observe.js
index e519a35b5396e5..d284d4a54fbcf8 100644
--- a/lib/internal/perf/observe.js
+++ b/lib/internal/perf/observe.js
@@ -543,14 +543,14 @@ function hasObserver(type) {
 }
 
 
-function startPerf(target, key, context = {}) {
+function startPerf(target, key, context = kEmptyObject) {
   target[key] = {
     ...context,
     startTime: now(),
   };
 }
 
-function stopPerf(target, key, context = {}) {
+function stopPerf(target, key, context = kEmptyObject) {
   const ctx = target[key];
   if (!ctx) {
     return;
diff --git a/lib/internal/readline/emitKeypressEvents.js b/lib/internal/readline/emitKeypressEvents.js
index 1ac1091d70cab2..0878bd8154e375 100644
--- a/lib/internal/readline/emitKeypressEvents.js
+++ b/lib/internal/readline/emitKeypressEvents.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const ESCAPE_CODE_TIMEOUT = 500;
  * accepts a readable Stream instance and makes it emit "keypress" events
  */
 
-function emitKeypressEvents(stream, iface = {}) {
+function emitKeypressEvents(stream, iface = { __proto__: null }) {
   if (stream[KEYPRESS_DECODER]) return;
 
   stream[KEYPRESS_DECODER] = new StringDecoder('utf8');
diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/fast-utf8-stream.js b/lib/internal/streams/fast-utf8-stream.js
index 68601cf5c388c7..d6b94963206956 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/fast-utf8-stream.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/fast-utf8-stream.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ const {
 
 const {
   sleep,
+  kEmptyObject,
 } = require('internal/util');
 
 const {
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ class Utf8Stream extends EventEmitter {
       contentMode = kContentModeUtf8,
       mode,
       // Provides for a custom fs implementation. Mostly useful for testing.
-      fs: overrideFs = {},
+      fs: overrideFs = kEmptyObject,
     } = options;
 
     super();
diff --git a/lib/internal/v8/cpu_profiler.js b/lib/internal/v8/cpu_profiler.js
index 4bfda1bced3e42..7b25f0d93dfd94 100644
--- a/lib/internal/v8/cpu_profiler.js
+++ b/lib/internal/v8/cpu_profiler.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const {
   MathFloor,
 } = primordials;
 
+const { kEmptyObject } = require('internal/util');
 const {
   validateNumber,
   validateObject,
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ const kMaxSamplingIntervalUs = 0x7FFFFFFF;
 const kMaxSamplingIntervalMs = kMaxSamplingIntervalUs / kMicrosPerMilli;
 const kMaxSamplesUnlimited = 0xFFFF_FFFF;
 
-function normalizeCpuProfileOptions(options = {}) {
+function normalizeCpuProfileOptions(options = kEmptyObject) {
   validateObject(options, 'options');
 
   // TODO(ishabi): add support for 'mode' and 'filterContext' options
diff --git a/lib/internal/v8/heap_profile.js b/lib/internal/v8/heap_profile.js
index ea4679b6c05704..45a181d49b565b 100644
--- a/lib/internal/v8/heap_profile.js
+++ b/lib/internal/v8/heap_profile.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
+const { kEmptyObject } = require('internal/util');
 const {
   validateBoolean,
   validateInteger,
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ const {
   kSamplingIncludeObjectsCollectedByMinorGC,
 } = internalBinding('v8');
 
-function normalizeHeapProfileOptions(options = {}) {
+function normalizeHeapProfileOptions(options = kEmptyObject) {
   validateObject(options, 'options');
   const {
     sampleInterval = 512 * 1024,
diff --git a/lib/internal/vfs/stats.js b/lib/internal/vfs/stats.js
index fdec6fe87cad26..e41e52728c5842 100644
--- a/lib/internal/vfs/stats.js
+++ b/lib/internal/vfs/stats.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const {
 } = internalBinding('constants');
 
 const { getStatsFromBinding } = require('internal/fs/utils');
+const { kEmptyObject } = require('internal/util');
 
 // Default block size for virtual files (4KB)
 const kDefaultBlockSize = 4096;
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ function fillBigIntStatsArray(
  * @param {boolean} [options.bigint] Return BigIntStats
  * @returns {Stats}
  */
-function createFileStats(size, options = {}) {
+function createFileStats(size, options = kEmptyObject) {
   const now = DateNow();
   const mode = (options.mode ?? 0o644) | S_IFREG;
   const nlink = options.nlink ?? 1;
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ function createFileStats(size, options = {}) {
  * @param {number} [options.birthtimeMs] Birth time in ms
  * @returns {Stats}
  */
-function createDirectoryStats(options = {}) {
+function createDirectoryStats(options = kEmptyObject) {
   const now = DateNow();
   const mode = (options.mode ?? 0o755) | S_IFDIR;
   const uid = options.uid ?? (process.getuid?.() ?? 0);
@@ -208,7 +209,7 @@ function createDirectoryStats(options = {}) {
  * @param {number} [options.birthtimeMs] Birth time in ms
  * @returns {Stats}
  */
-function createSymlinkStats(size, options = {}) {
+function createSymlinkStats(size, options = kEmptyObject) {
   const now = DateNow();
   const mode = (options.mode ?? 0o777) | S_IFLNK;
   const uid = options.uid ?? (process.getuid?.() ?? 0);
diff --git a/lib/internal/vfs/watcher.js b/lib/internal/vfs/watcher.js
index 2b6b807ee85b44..0f23c1588b17b5 100644
--- a/lib/internal/vfs/watcher.js
+++ b/lib/internal/vfs/watcher.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const {
   setInterval,
   clearInterval,
 } = require('timers');
+const { kEmptyObject } = require('internal/util');
 
 /**
  * VFSWatcher - Polling-based file/directory watcher for VFS.
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ class VFSWatcher extends EventEmitter {
    * @param {boolean} [options.recursive] Watch subdirectories (default: false)
    * @param {AbortSignal} [options.signal] AbortSignal for cancellation
    */
-  constructor(provider, path, options = {}) {
+  constructor(provider, path, options = kEmptyObject) {
     super();
 
     this.#vfs = provider;
@@ -395,7 +396,7 @@ class VFSStatWatcher extends EventEmitter {
    * @param {number} [options.interval] Polling interval in ms (default: 5007)
    * @param {boolean} [options.persistent] Keep process alive (default: true)
    */
-  constructor(provider, path, options = {}) {
+  constructor(provider, path, options = kEmptyObject) {
     super();
 
     this.#vfs = provider;
@@ -586,7 +587,7 @@ class VFSWatchAsyncIterable {
    * @param {string} path The path to watch (provider-relative)
    * @param {object} [options] Options
    */
-  constructor(provider, path, options = {}) {
+  constructor(provider, path, options = kEmptyObject) {
     // Strip signal from options passed to VFSWatcher - we handle abort
     // at the iterable level to reject pending next() with AbortError
     // instead of resolving with done:true via the 'close' event.
diff --git a/lib/repl.js b/lib/repl.js
index 60ea4457ab1bf6..17aab1c409beca 100644
--- a/lib/repl.js
+++ b/lib/repl.js
@@ -967,7 +967,7 @@ class REPLServer extends Interface {
 
     self.displayPrompt();
   }
-  setupHistory(historyConfig = {}, cb) {
+  setupHistory(historyConfig = { __proto__: null }, cb) {
     // TODO(puskin94): necessary because historyConfig can be a string for backwards compatibility
     const options = typeof historyConfig === 'string' ?
       { filePath: historyConfig } :
diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/util.js
index adebd890adcd71..6d70951b9b7de7 100644
--- a/lib/util.js
+++ b/lib/util.js
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ const {
   getSystemErrorMessage: internalErrorMessage,
   promisify,
   defineLazyProperties,
+  kEmptyObject,
 } = require('internal/util');
 
 let abortController;
@@ -583,7 +584,7 @@ function getCallSites(frameCount = 10, options) {
 };
 
 // Public util.deprecate API
-function deprecate(fn, msg, code, { modifyPrototype } = {}) {
+function deprecate(fn, msg, code, { modifyPrototype } = kEmptyObject) {
   return internalDeprecate(fn, msg, code, undefined, modifyPrototype);
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/vm.js b/lib/vm.js
index ae710806201893..2c7446af607637 100644
--- a/lib/vm.js
+++ b/lib/vm.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 const {
   ArrayPrototypeForEach,
   ObjectFreeze,
+  ObjectPrototype,
   PromiseReject,
   ReflectApply,
   Symbol,
@@ -222,7 +223,7 @@ function getContextOptions(options) {
 }
 
 let defaultContextNameIndex = 1;
-function createContext(contextObject = {}, options = kEmptyObject) {
+function createContext(contextObject = { __proto__: ObjectPrototype }, options = kEmptyObject) {
   if (contextObject !== vm_context_no_contextify && isContext(contextObject)) {
     return contextObject;
   }
diff --git a/lib/wasi.js b/lib/wasi.js
index 9971b533e72394..b81835dfede521 100644
--- a/lib/wasi.js
+++ b/lib/wasi.js
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class WASI {
 
   finalizeBindings(instance, {
     memory = instance?.exports?.memory,
-  } = {}) {
+  } = kEmptyObject) {
     if (this[kStarted]) {
       throw new ERR_WASI_ALREADY_STARTED();
     }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-eslint-avoid-prototype-pollution.js b/test/parallel/test-eslint-avoid-prototype-pollution.js
index c6b0fe638655e4..98dc951a906456 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-eslint-avoid-prototype-pollution.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-eslint-avoid-prototype-pollution.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const RuleTester = require('../../tools/eslint/node_modules/eslint').RuleTester;
 const rule = require('../../tools/eslint-rules/avoid-prototype-pollution');
 
 new RuleTester()
-  .run('property-descriptor-no-prototype-pollution', rule, {
+  .run('avoid-prototype-pollution', rule, {
     valid: [
       'ObjectDefineProperties({}, {})',
       'ObjectCreate(null, {})',
@@ -63,6 +63,18 @@ new RuleTester()
       'new Proxy({}, { __proto__: null, ...{} })',
       'async function name(){return await SafePromiseAll([])}',
       'async function name(){const val = await SafePromiseAll([])}',
+      'async function name(options = kEmptyObject){}',
+      'function name(options = kEmptyObject){}',
+      'function name(options = { __proto__: ObjectPrototype }){}',
+      'function name(options = { __proto__: null }){}',
+      'new class { name(options = kEmptyObject){} }',
+      'const name = (options = kEmptyObject) => {}',
+      'async function name(options = { __proto__: null, key: 1 }){}',
+      'const name = ({ destr } = { destr: 1 }) => {}',
+      'function name({ destr } = kEmptyObject){}',
+      'function name({ [Symbol.match]: m } = kEmptyObject){}',
+      'function name({ [Symbol.match]: m } = { __proto__: null, [Symbol.match]: 1 }){}',
+      'function name({ [Symbol.match]: m, c } = { __proto__: null, c: 1 }){}',
     ],
     invalid: [
       {
@@ -330,5 +342,53 @@ new RuleTester()
         code: 'ArrayPrototypeConcat([])',
         errors: [{ message: /\bisConcatSpreadable\b/ }]
       },
+      {
+        code: 'function name(options = {}) {}',
+        errors: [{ message: /\bkEmptyObject\b/ }]
+      },
+      {
+        code: 'async function name(options = { key: 1 }) {}',
+        errors: [{ message: /\b__proto__: null\b/ }]
+      },
+      {
+        code: 'new class { name(options = {}) {} }',
+        errors: [{ message: /\bkEmptyObject\b/ }]
+      },
+      {
+        code: 'new class { async name(options = {}) {} }',
+        errors: [{ message: /\bkEmptyObject\b/ }]
+      },
+      {
+        code: 'const name = (options = {}) => {}',
+        errors: [{ message: /\bkEmptyObject\b/ }]
+      },
+      {
+        code: 'const name = async (options = {}) => {}',
+        errors: [{ message: /\bkEmptyObject\b/ }]
+      },
+      {
+        code: 'function name({ destr } = {}) {}',
+        errors: [{ message: /\bkEmptyObject\b/ }]
+      },
+      {
+        code: 'async function name({ destr } = {}) {}',
+        errors: [{ message: /\bkEmptyObject\b/ }]
+      },
+      {
+        code: 'new class { name({ destr } = {}) {} }',
+        errors: [{ message: /\bkEmptyObject\b/ }]
+      },
+      {
+        code: 'new class { async name({ destr } = {}) {} }',
+        errors: [{ message: /\bkEmptyObject\b/ }]
+      },
+      {
+        code: 'const name = ({ destr } = {}) => {}',
+        errors: [{ message: /\bkEmptyObject\b/ }]
+      },
+      {
+        code: 'const name = async ({ destr } = {}) => {}',
+        errors: [{ message: /\bkEmptyObject\b/ }]
+      },
     ]
   });
diff --git a/tools/eslint-rules/avoid-prototype-pollution.js b/tools/eslint-rules/avoid-prototype-pollution.js
index da13653e3e36e3..79468a0002744c 100644
--- a/tools/eslint-rules/avoid-prototype-pollution.js
+++ b/tools/eslint-rules/avoid-prototype-pollution.js
@@ -232,6 +232,28 @@ module.exports = {
                    'which can be subject to prototype pollution',
         });
       },
+
+      'AssignmentPattern[right.type="ObjectExpression"]'(node) {
+        if (!node.right.properties.length) {
+          context.report({
+            node: node.right,
+            message: 'Use kEmptyObject instead of declaring a new empty object, or define a __proto__ property',
+          });
+          return;
+        }
+        const propertyIsIdentifier = (p) => p.key.type === 'Identifier';
+        if (node.left.type === 'ObjectPattern' &&
+            node.left.properties.every(propertyIsIdentifier) &&
+            node.right.properties.every(propertyIsIdentifier)) {
+          const rightNames = node.right.properties.map((p) => p.key.name);
+          if (node.left.properties.every((p) => rightNames.includes(p.key.name))) return;
+        }
+        if (node.right.properties.some((p) => p.key.name === '__proto__')) return;
+        context.report({
+          node: node.right,
+          message: `Add '__proto__: null' to avoid inheriting from Object.prototype, or '__proto__: ObjectPrototype' if inheritance is desirable`,
+        });
+      },
     };
   },
 };