An issue was discovered in the node-serialize package 0.0.4 for Node.js. Untrusted data passed into the unserialize() function can be exploited to achieve arbitrary code execution by passing a JavaScript Object with an Immediately Invoked Function Expression (IIFE).
CVE-2017-5941 - High Severity Vulnerability
Serialize a object including it's function into a JSON.
Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/node-serialize/-/node-serialize-0.0.4.tgz
Path to dependency file: dvna/package.json
Path to vulnerable library: dvna/node_modules/node-serialize/package.json
Dependency Hierarchy: - :x: **node-serialize-0.0.4.tgz** (Vulnerable Library)
Found in HEAD commit: ebbe518de6103063656cb8a1c3d1040aacb09826
Found in base branch: main
An issue was discovered in the node-serialize package 0.0.4 for Node.js. Untrusted data passed into the unserialize() function can be exploited to achieve arbitrary code execution by passing a JavaScript Object with an Immediately Invoked Function Expression (IIFE).
Publish Date: 2017-02-09
URL: CVE-2017-5941
Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Network - Attack Complexity: Low - Privileges Required: None - User Interaction: None - Scope: Unchanged - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: High - Integrity Impact: High - Availability Impact: High
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