Resource exhaustion in Hackerone Lodash

CVE-2018-16487

A prototype pollution vulnerability was found in lodash <4.17.11 where the functions merge, mergeWith, and defaultsDeep can be tricked into adding or modifying properties of Object.prototype.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.016 (72.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16487?
CVE-2018-16487 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hackerone Lodash, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.6/10. Published 2019-02-01.
How severe is CVE-2018-16487?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.6 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-16487 known to be exploited?
30 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.