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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-3720

assign-deep node module before 0.4.7 suffers from a Modification of Assumed-Immutable Data (MAID) vulnerability, 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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31 Oct 2026, 10:03 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2018-3720

core-osv · Original source

Published 7 Jun 2018, 02:29 UTC

assign-deep node module before 0.4.7 suffers from a Modification of Assumed-Immutable Data (MAID) vulnerability, 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.

osv:CVE-2018-3720
Complete source record
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