CVE-2018-16472

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A prototype pollution attack in cached-path-relative versions <=1.0.1 allows an attacker to inject properties on Object.prototype which are then inherited by all the JS objects through the prototype chain causing a DoS attack.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-400 CWE-20

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
npm	cached-path-relative	<=1.0.1

References

https://hackerone.com/reports/390847Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00006.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/390847Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00006.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Nov 6, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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