CVE-2018-3721

mediumpriority · track · 27EPSS 0.023 · 84 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
2.35% (84th) EPSS
CVSS 4 · medium
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cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-22

lodash node module before 4.17.5 suffers from a Modification of Assumed-Immutable Data (MAID) vulnerability via defaultsDeep, merge, and mergeWith 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.

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v2.04mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 2.9
v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 3.6
v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · OSV
v3.16mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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affected products (6)

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advisories (1)

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  • GHSA-fvqr-27wr-82fmPrototype Pollution in lodash2018-07-26ghsa · osvUS

    Versions of `lodash` before 4.17.5 are vulnerable to prototype pollution. The vulnerable functions are 'defaultsDeep', 'merge', and 'mergeWith' which allow 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. ## Recommendation Update to version 4.17.5 or later.

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published 2018-06-07modified 2026-06-17
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