CVE-2017-5941

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in the node-serialize package 0.0.4 for Node.js. Untrusted data passed into the unserialize() function can be exploited to achieve arbitrary code execution by passing a JavaScript Object with an Immediately Invoked Function Expression (IIFE).

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Feb 9, 2017
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2017-5941: Critical severity, CVSS 9.8 | Vulnix