8.8high

CVE-2018-3722

Prototype Pollution in merge-deep

Also known as GHSA-9g9w-hmvj-5h57

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
8.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.0%
percentile 81%
Public exploits
0
none known

Summary

merge-deep node module before 3.0.1 suffers from a Modification of Assumed-Immutable Data (MAID) vulnerability, which allows a malicious user to modify the prototype of "Object" via __proto__, causing the addition or modification of an existing property that will exist on all objects.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.00% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.08.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.06.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub3.08.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
npmmerge-deep
<3.0.1
3.0.1

Affected products

  • HackerOne merge-deep node module

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-471 Modification of Assumed-Immutable Data (MAID)

References

  • github.com /jonschlinkert/merge-deep/commit/2c33634da7129a5aefcc262d2fec2e72224404e5 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • hackerone.com /reports/310708 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3722 · advisory
  • github.com /advisories/GHSA-9g9w-hmvj-5h57 · advisory
  • npmjs.com /advisories/580 · web

Sources

vulnwire keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA; records that alias each other are merged. Machine-readable: JSON.