CVE-2018-3721
mediumpriority · track · 27EPSS 0.023 · 84 %ileEUUSEPSS · 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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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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affected products (6)
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- netapp active iq unified managerall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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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references (19)
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- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10885478cnnvd
- https://github.com/lodash/lodash/commit/d8e069cc3410082e44eb18fcf8e7f3d08ebe1d4acnnvd
- https://hackerone.com/reports/310443cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164555/Red-Hat-Security-Advisory-2021-3917-01.htmlcnnvd
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190919-0004/cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Node-js-lodash-privilege-escalation-29157cnnvd
- https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10882762cnnvd
- https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10885478cnnvd
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