{"cve":"CVE-2017-5941","nvd":{"published":"2017-02-09T19:59:00.147","modified":"2026-06-17T01:21:28.700","status":"Modified","description":"An issue was discovered in the node-serialize package 0.0.4 for Node.js. Untrusted data passed into the unserialize() function can be exploited to achieve arbitrary code execution by passing a JavaScript Object with an Immediately Invoked Function Expression (IIFE).","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":["CWE-502"],"references":["http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161356/Node.JS-Remote-Code-Execution.html","http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163222/Node.JS-Remote-Code-Execution.html","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96225","https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/311","https://opsecx.com/index.php/2017/02/08/exploiting-node-js-deserialization-bug-for-remote-code-execution/"],"products":["node-serialize_project:node-serialize"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:41:54.846948762+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2017-5941","score":0.61025,"percentile":0.99155,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-q4v7-4rhw-9hqm","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-q4v7-4rhw-9hqm","summary":"Code Execution through IIFE in node-serialize","modified":"2023-11-08T03:59:23.528224Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"node-serialize","purl":"pkg:npm/node-serialize","ranges":["<=0.0.4"],"fixed":[]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}