CVE-2018-16472
node-cached-path-relative - security update
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.52%
Description
A prototype pollution attack in cached-path-relative versions <=1.0.1 allows an attacker to inject properties on Object.prototype which are then inherited by all the JS objects through the prototype chain causing a DoS attack.
How to fix CVE-2018-16472
To remediate CVE-2018-16472, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/node-cached-path-relative—upgrade to 1.0.2-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.0.1-2+deb10u1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.0.2 or later
Is CVE-2018-16472 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 1.0.2-1
- from 0, < 1.0.1-2+deb10u1
- from 0, < 1.0.2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |