Security advisory

{
  "id": "91c9df6b0b05b61fe407db87e6f264a96c88d9df7d3c803626bf1f0b2c3de5f5",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5954",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-5954",
    "summary": "An issue was discovered in the serialize-to-js package 0.5.0 for Node.js. Untrusted data passed into the deserialize() function can be exploited to achieve arbitrary code execution by passing a JavaScript Object with an Immediately Invoked Function Expression (IIFE).",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-5954",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-5954",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-5954",
        "GHSA-mm62-wxc8-cf7m"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/commenthol/serialize-to-js",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "a1e8140ed1a07013f644b5b76025f4eaab7fb9d8"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "a1e8140ed1a07013f644b5b76025f4eaab7fb9d8"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:serialize-to-js_project:serialize-to-js:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0.5.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "0.5.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "0.5.0",
            "v0.5.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-5954.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:49:02.528094661Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/commenthol/serialize-to-js/issues/1",
        "https://opsecx.com/index.php/2017/02/08/exploiting-node-js-deserialization-bug-for-remote-code-execution/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-5954",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380433,
  "published_at": "2017-02-10T07:59:00.31+00:00"
}