VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-16469

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability1.68%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-10-30
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

The merge.recursive function in the merge package <1.2.1 can be tricked into adding or modifying properties of the Object prototype. These properties will be present on all objects allowing for a denial of service attack.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Primary references