{"id":"CVE-2017-16226","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-16226","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T22:44:31.175Z","title":"In affected versions, untrusted user input is able to access the global function constructor, effectively allowing arbitrary code execution.","description":"The static-eval module is intended to evaluate statically-analyzable expressions. In affected versions, untrusted user input is able to access the global function constructor, effectively allowing arbitrary code execution.","published":"2018-06-07T02:29:08.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:09:01.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"support@hackerone.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["static-eval project/static-eval"],"epss":{"score":0.03541,"percentile":0.89224,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.54%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/substack/static-eval/pull/18","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"support@hackerone.com"},{"url":"https://maustin.net/articles/2017-10/static_eval","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"support@hackerone.com"},{"url":"https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/548","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"support@hackerone.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/substack/static-eval/pull/18","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://maustin.net/articles/2017-10/static_eval","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/548","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16226","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}