Security advisory

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-16088",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-16088",
    "summary": "The safe-eval module describes itself as a safer version of eval. By accessing the object constructors, un-sanitized user input can access the entire standard library and effectively break out of the sandbox.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-16088",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
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            "0.2.0",
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:48:16.377664544Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/hacksparrow/safe-eval/issues/5",
        "https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/issues/59",
        "https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/337"
      ],
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        "value": "CVE-2017-16088",
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380226,
  "published_at": "2018-06-07T02:29:01.643+00:00"
}