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.
CVE-2018-3728
This high-severity CVE scores 8.8 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 1.7%, top 18% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 8.8
- EG Score
- 8.8(medium)
- EPSS
- 90.0%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
March 30, 2018
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (14)
- support@hackeronehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103108
- support@hackeronehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1263
- support@hackeronehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1264
- support@hackeronehttps://github.com/hapijs/hoek/commit/32ed5c9413321fbc37da5ca81a7cbab693786dee
- support@hackeronehttps://hackerone.com/reports/310439
- support@hackeronehttps://nodesecurity.io/advisories/566
- support@hackeronehttps://snyk.io/vuln/npm:hoek:20180212
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1263
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1264
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/hapijs/hoek/commit/32ed5c9413321fbc37da5ca81a7cbab693786dee
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://hackerone.com/reports/310439
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/566
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:hoek:20180212
Patch Availability(3)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | quay/quay-rhel8:v3.6.0-62 | 2021-10-19 | redhat |
| redhat | rhmap46/wildcard-proxy:1.0.0-17 | 2018-04-30 | redhat |
| redhat | supervisor-0:3.1.3-3.el7map | 2018-04-30 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
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npm(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| hoek | — | 4.2.1 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
All Vendor Advisories
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