nodejs-cached-path-relative: prototype pollution due to injected properties on Object.prototype
Published Nov 6, 2018
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.14%
Description
A prototype pollution attack in cached-path-relative versions <=1.0.1 allows an attacker to inject properties on Object.prototype which are then inherited by all the JS objects through the prototype chain causing a DoS attack.
Affected products
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- Version <=1.0.1StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Npm | Cached-Path-Relative | n/a |
|
Configuration 1
- ≤ 1.0.1
Configuration 2
- 10.0
No data.
Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4
nodejs-cached-path-relative
Out of support scope
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4 | nodejs-cached-path-relative | Out of support scope | n/a |
cached-path-relative
npm
Introduced 0 Fixed 1.0.2
| Ecosystem | Package | Introduced | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | cached-path-relative | 0 | 1.0.2 |
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2.14% (0.02141) | 81.40th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.14% (0.02141) | 79.60th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.10% (0.00095) | 40.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 8, 2023 | 0.10% (0.00095) | 39.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2023 | 0.08% (0.00080) | 32.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.10% (0.00095) | 38.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 26.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 24.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.42% (0.00416) | 10.04th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 0.42% (0.00416) | 9.79th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 0.42% (0.00416) | 25.53th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.42% (0.00416) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (10)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16472 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1649118 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hc9w-4p87-j549 Advisory
- https://github.com/ashaffer/cached-path-relative/issues/3
- https://github.com/nodejs/security-wg/blob/master/vuln/npm/480.json
- https://hackerone.com/reports/390847 Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00006.html mailing-listMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16472
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16472
- https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/739
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16472 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1649118 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hc9w-4p87-j549 | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/ashaffer/cached-path-relative/issues/3 | ||
| https://github.com/nodejs/security-wg/blob/master/vuln/npm/480.json | ||
| https://hackerone.com/reports/390847 | Third Party Advisory | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00006.html | mailing-listMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16472 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16472 | ||
| https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/739 |
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