Security advisory

{
  "id": "bb339366db3c7293f4f7bb82131f8e93e90e416987ba9471e145401a5b55aeba",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-3739",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-3739",
    "summary": "https-proxy-agent before 2.1.1 passes auth option to the Buffer constructor without proper sanitization, resulting in DoS and uninitialized memory leak in setups where an attacker could submit typed input to the 'auth' parameter (e.g. JSON).",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-3739",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2018-3739",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2018-3739",
        "GHSA-8g7p-74h8-hg48"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/TooTallNate/proxy-agents",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "5555794b6d9e4b0a36fac80a2d3acea876a8f7dc"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:https-proxy-agent_project:https-proxy-agent:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "2.2.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "socks-proxy-agent@8.0.3",
            "agent-base@7.1.1",
            "https-proxy-agent@7.0.4",
            "http-proxy-agent@7.0.2",
            "proxy-agent@6.4.0",
            "pac-resolver@7.0.1",
            "https-proxy-agent@7.0.3",
            "http-proxy-agent@7.0.1",
            "get-uri@6.0.3",
            "data-uri-to-buffer@6.0.2",
            "data-uri-to-buffer@6.0.1",
            "get-uri@6.0.2",
            "data-uri-to-buffer@6.0.0",
            "socks-proxy-agent@8.0.2",
            "proxy-agent@6.3.1",
            "pac-proxy-agent@7.0.1",
            "https-proxy-agent@7.0.2",
            "degenerator@5.0.1",
            "proxy-agent@6.3.0",
            "pac-resolver@7.0.0",
            "pac-proxy-agent@7.0.0",
            "degenerator@5.0.0",
            "proxy-agent@6.2.2",
            "pac-proxy-agent@6.0.4",
            "https-proxy-agent@7.0.1",
            "pac-resolver@6.0.2",
            "degenerator@4.0.4",
            "degenerator@4.0.3",
            "tsconfig@0.0.0",
            "agent-base@7.1.0",
            "proxy-agent@6.2.1",
            "pac-proxy-agent@6.0.3",
            "https-proxy-agent@7.0.0",
            "http-proxy-agent@7.0.0",
            "https-proxy-agent@6.2.1",
            "proxy@2.1.1",
            "https-proxy-agent@6.2.0",
            "http-proxy-agent@6.1.0",
            "agent-base@7.0.2",
            "proxy@2.1.0",
            "proxy-agent@6.2.0",
            "pac-proxy-agent@6.0.2",
            "degenerator@4.0.2",
            "socks-proxy-agent@8.0.1",
            "proxy@2.0.1",
            "proxy-agent@6.1.2",
            "pac-resolver@6.0.1",
            "pac-proxy-agent@6.0.1",
            "https-proxy-agent@6.1.0",
            "http-proxy-agent@6.0.1",
            "get-uri@6.0.1",
            "degenerator@4.0.1",
            "data-uri-to-buffer@5.0.1",
            "agent-base@7.0.1",
            "proxy-agent@6.1.1",
            "proxy-agent@6.1.0",
            "https-proxy-agent@6.0.0",
            "5.0.1",
            "5.0.0",
            "4.0.0",
            "3.0.1",
            "3.0.0",
            "2.2.2",
            "2.2.1",
            "2.2.0",
            "2.1.1",
            "2.1.0",
            "2.0.0",
            "1.0.0",
            "v0.3.6",
            "v0.3.5",
            "v0.3.4",
            "v0.3.3",
            "v0.3.2",
            "v0.3.1",
            "v0.3.0",
            "v0.2.0",
            "v0.1.0",
            "v0.0.2",
            "v0.0.1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-3739.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:37.390644593Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/319532"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-3739",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 434215,
  "published_at": "2018-06-07T02:29:08.973+00:00"
}