UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16491

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16491

    Published: 1 Feb 2019Last Modified: 24 Oct 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-16491

    Summary:

    Details: A prototype pollution vulnerability was found in node.extend <1.1.7, ~<2.0.1 that allows an attacker to inject arbitrary properties onto Object.prototype.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16491, https://hackerone.com/reports/430831, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16491

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: node-extend

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.0.0-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High