{"cve":"CVE-2018-16472","nvd":{"published":"2018-11-06T19:29:00.227","modified":"2026-06-17T01:44:21.183","status":"Modified","description":"A prototype pollution attack in cached-path-relative versions <=1.0.1 allows an attacker to inject properties on Object.prototype which are then inherited by all the JS objects through the prototype chain causing a DoS attack.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-20","CWE-400"],"references":["https://hackerone.com/reports/390847","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00006.html","https://hackerone.com/reports/390847","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00006.html"],"products":["cached-path-relative_project:cached-path-relative","debian:debian_linux"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:53:59.789560037+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2018-16472","score":0.02141,"percentile":0.82055,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-hc9w-4p87-j549","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-hc9w-4p87-j549","summary":"Prototype Pollution in cached-path-relative","modified":"2023-11-08T03:59:59.886486Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"cached-path-relative","purl":"pkg:npm/cached-path-relative","ranges":["<1.0.2"],"fixed":["1.0.2"]}]}],"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."]}