What is CVE-2018-16490?

CVE-2018-16490 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hackerone Mpath, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-02-01.

How severe is CVE-2018-16490?

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

Is CVE-2018-16490 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Resource exhaustion in Hackerone Mpath

CVE-2018-16490

A prototype pollution vulnerability was found in module mpath <0.5.1 that allows an attacker to inject arbitrary properties onto Object.prototype.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.011 (62.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Hackerone Mpath — versions <0.5.1
Mpath_project Mpath

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ossf-cve-benchmark/CVE-2018-16490

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16490?: CVE-2018-16490 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hackerone Mpath, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-02-01.
How severe is CVE-2018-16490?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-16490 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.