CVE-2018-16486
A prototype pollution vulnerability was found in defaults-deep <=0.2.4 that would allow a malicious user to inject properties onto Object.prototype.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.48%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A prototype pollution vulnerability was found in defaults-deep <=0.2.4 that would allow a malicious user to inject properties onto Object.prototype.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.48% probability · 74th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-400, CWE-74
- Affected
- defaults-deep project/defaults-deep
- Source
- support@hackerone.com
EPSS 1.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://hackerone.com/reports/380878Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/380878Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.