CVE-2017-16088

N/A
Published: June 7, 2018 at 02:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:08 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSafe Eval

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

Description

The safe-eval module describes itself as a safer version of eval. By accessing the object constructors, un-sanitized user input can access the entire standard library and effectively break out of the sandbox.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (3)

x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/issues/59
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/337

CVSS

Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-610NVD-CWE-noinfo

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