Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting node-extend package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.67% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-NODEEXTEND-259493
  • published1 Feb 2019
  • disclosed1 Feb 2019

Introduced: 1 Feb 2019

CVE-2018-16491  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-74  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:8 node-extend.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream node-extend package and not the node-extend package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A prototype pollution vulnerability was found in node.extend <1.1.7, ~<2.0.1 that allows an attacker to inject arbitrary properties onto Object.prototype.