Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting static-eval package, versions <2.0.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
3.54% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDnpm:static-eval:20171016
  • published18 Oct 2017
  • disclosed16 Oct 2017
  • creditMatt Austin

Introduced: 16 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-16226  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade static-eval to version 2.0.0 or higher.

Overview

static-eval is a module to evaluate statically-analyzable expressions.

Affected versions of the package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution. If un-sanitized user input is passed to static-eval, it is possible to break out of the sandboxed instance, and execute arbitrary code from the standard library.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1