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.

Remediation

References

https://hackerone.com/reports/310439

https://github.com/hapijs/hoek/commit/32ed5c9413321fbc37da5ca81a7cbab693786dee

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103108

https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:hoek:20180212

https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/566

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1263

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1264

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Severity

Critical

Classification

CWE-471 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Tags

Exploit Third Party Advisory Patch VDB Entry Broken Link