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CVE-2018-16486

Prototype Pollution in defaults-deep

Also known as GHSA-pjxw-22xf-6pwc

Published 7 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
9.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.5%
percentile 74%
Public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A prototype pollution vulnerability was found in defaults-deep <=0.2.4 that would allow a malicious user to inject properties onto Object.prototype.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.48% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.09.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub3.09.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
npmdefaults-deep
<=0.2.4
no fix listed

Affected products

  • HackerOne defaults-deep

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component
  • CWE-345 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

References

Sources

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