Prototype Pollution Vulnerability in Defaults-Deep Library by NPM
CVE-2018-16486

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor

Hackerone

Status
Defaults-deep
Vendor
CVE Published:
1 February 2019

What is CVE-2018-16486?

A prototype pollution vulnerability exists in the Defaults-Deep library versions up to 0.2.4, where an attacker can exploit the functionality to manipulate properties on Object.prototype. This weakness can lead to severe security implications, allowing malicious users to inject unintended properties that can affect the integrity and behavior of applications utilizing this library.

Affected Version(s)

defaults-deep <=0.2.4

References

https://hackerone.com/reports/380878
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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