CVE-2018-3728

Summary

CVECVE-2018-3728
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-03-30 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:40:00 UTC
Descriptionhoek 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-471

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Hapijs Hoek All All All All
Application Hapijs Hoek All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Malformed Request BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
skip assignment to __proto__ · hapijs/hoek@32ed5c9 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Prototype Pollution in hoek | Snyk MISC snyk.io Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
HackerOne MISC hackerone.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Overview CONFIRM nodesecurity.io Broken Link
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 983993 Nodejs (npm) Security Update for hoek (GHSA-jp4x-w63m-7wgm)
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