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node-hoek — security advisory
hoek node module before 4.2.0 and 5.0.x before 5.0.3 suffers from a Modification of Assumed-Immutable Data (MAID) vulnerability via 'merge' and 'applyToDefaults' 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.
- Products
- node-hoek
- Affected versions
- 10.0.1+~cs12.0.0-1, 11.0.7+~cs12.0.2-1, 4.1.0-2, 8.2.4+~4.2.1+~3.3.1-3, 8.5.0+~4.2.1+~3.3.1-1, 9.1.0+~cs10.1.0-1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-3728
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:29 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
hoek node module before 4.2.0 and 5.0.x before 5.0.3 suffers from a Modification of Assumed-Immutable Data (MAID) vulnerability via 'merge' and 'applyToDefaults' 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.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2018-3728
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Complete source record
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