lodash node module before 4.17.5 suffers from a Modification of Assumed-Immutable Data (MAID) vulnerability via defaultsDeep, merge, and mergeWith functions, which allows a malicious user to modify the prototype of "Object" via __proto__, causing the addition or modification of an existing property that will exist on all objects.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2018-3721 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Red Hat CloudForms version 4.7 does not ship component lodash, so isn't affected by this flaw.
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS3 Base Score | 2.9 |
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CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
Attack Vector | Local |
Attack Complexity | High |
Privileges Required | None |
User Interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity Impact | None |
Availability Impact | Low |
Platform | Package | State |
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Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3 | nodejs-lodash | Will not fix |
Red Hat Mobile Application Platform On-Premise 4 | nodejs-lodash | Not affected |