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CVE-2018-3728

N/A
Published: March 30, 2018 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:57 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsHoekHoek

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%

Description

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.

Affected

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

Hoek· Hapijsnpm
95%
v < 4.2.05.0.0 ≤ v < 5.0.3
Affected range stops below 4.2.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.0.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Hoek· Hapinpm
60%
v < 5.0.3
Affected range stops below 5.0.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (7)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103108
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1263
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1264
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/hapijs/hoek/commit/32ed5c9413321fbc37da5ca81a7cbab693786dee
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://hackerone.com/reports/310439
x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/566
x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:hoek:20180212

CVSS

6.5MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-471

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