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.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16491
Upstream
Published
2019-02-01T18:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:47:11Z
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:16.04:LTS / node-extend

Package

Name
node-extend
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-extend@2.0.0-1?arch=source&distro=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"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

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

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / node-extend

Package

Name
node-extend
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-extend@2.0.0-1?arch=source&distro=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"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

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