High severity · published Mar 30, 2018
CVE-2018-3728
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…
8.8
CVSS
4.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.2% · higher than 91% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
HO
Hoek · Hapijs
before 4.2.0; 5.0.0 before 5.0.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3728
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-3728
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103108
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1263
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1264
Patch
https://github.com/hapijs/hoek/commit/32ed5c9413321fbc37da5ca81a7cbab693786dee
Exploit
https://hackerone.com/reports/310439
Broken Link
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/566
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