VulnerabilityAnalyzed

CVE-2024-38985

This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via injecting arbitrary properties.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 0.80%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.80%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

janryWang products depath v1.0.6 and cool-path v1.1.2 were discovered to contain a prototype pollution via the set() method at setIn (lib/index.js:90). This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via injecting arbitrary properties.

CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 0.80% probability · 54th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-1321
Affected: janrywang/depath
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

https://gist.github.com/mestrtee/32c0a48023036e51918f6a098f21953dExploit
https://github.com/janryWang/depath/issues/11Exploit
https://gist.github.com/mestrtee/32c0a48023036e51918f6a098f21953dExploit

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.