CVE-2018-3728
Prototype Pollution in hoek
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 4.3%
Description
hoek node module before 4.2.0 and 5.0.x before 5.0.3 suffers from a Modification of Assumed-Immutable Data (MAID) vulnerability via 'merge' and 'applyToDefaults' functions, 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.
How to fix CVE-2018-3728
To remediate CVE-2018-3728, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 5.0.3-1 or later
- —upgrade to 5.0.3 or later
Is CVE-2018-3728 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 4.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 5.0.3-1
- >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |