Modification of Assumed-Immutable Data (MAID) Affecting node-lodash package, versions <4.17.11+dfsg-1


low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Integrity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.12% (47th percentile)
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NVD
6.5 medium
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Red Hat
2.9 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-NODELODASH-290099
  • published 7 Jun 2018
  • disclosed 7 Jun 2018

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable node-lodash to version 4.17.11+dfsg-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream node-lodash package and not the node-lodash package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

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.