What the vulnerability does

01Description

defaults-deep node module before 0.2.4 suffers from a Modification of Assumed-Immutable Data (MAID) vulnerability, 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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 7, 2018 CVE published
September 16, 2024 Record updated