UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16491

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16491

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16491.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16491

Upstream

CVE-2018-16491

Published

2019-02-01T18:29:00Z

Modified

2025-09-08T16:45:00Z

Severity

9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Ubuntu - medium

Summary

[none]

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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / node-extend

Package

Name: node-extend
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-extend@2.0.0-1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.0.0-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.0-1",
            "binary_name": "node-extend"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / node-extend

Package

Name: node-extend
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-extend@2.0.0-1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.0.0-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.0-1",
            "binary_name": "node-extend"
        }
    ]
}