What is CVE-2018-16469?

CVE-2018-16469 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hackerone Merge, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-10-30.

How severe is CVE-2018-16469?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Hackerone Merge

CVE-2018-16469

The merge.recursive function in the merge package <1.2.1 can be tricked into adding or modifying properties of the Object prototype. These properties will be present on all objects allowing for a denial of service attack.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.017 (74.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Hackerone Merge — versions <1.2.1
Merge_project Merge

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

support@hackerone.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16469?: CVE-2018-16469 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hackerone Merge, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-10-30.
How severe is CVE-2018-16469?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.