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CVE-2018-3723
defaults-deep node module before 0.2.4 suffers from a Modification of Assumed-Immutable Data (MAID) vulnerability, which allows a…
High8.8EPSS 2.0%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- hackerone
Description
defaults-deep node module before 0.2.4 suffers from a Modification of Assumed-Immutable Data (MAID) vulnerability, 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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.0% · top 19% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
Affected products
HackerOne · defaults-deep node module
- affected Versions before 0.2.4
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- npmdefaults-deepGHSA-cqp5-m4pq-gfgp (opens in a new tab)
References (2)
- https://github.com/jonschlinkert/defaults-deep/commit/c873f341327ad885ff4d0f23b3d3bca31b0343e5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://hackerone.com/reports/310514 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-cqp5-m4pq-gfgp (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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