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CVE-2018-3728

8.8 highEPSS 4.2%

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

8.8 high
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
4.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 90% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-471
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

Packages (OSV)

AdvisoryEcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
GHSA-jp4x-w63m-7wgmnpmhoek>=5.0.0 <5.0.35.0.3
GHSA-jp4x-w63m-7wgmnpmhoek<4.2.14.2.1

References

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