PT-2018-6255 · Npm · Static-Eval

Matt Austin · Published 2018-06-07 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2017-16226

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: static-eval versions prior to 2.0.0

Description: The issue allows untrusted user input to access the global function constructor, effectively enabling arbitrary code execution. This occurs because affected versions of the static-eval module pass user input directly to the global function constructor when parsing expressions via the package.

Recommendations: Update to version 2.0.0 or later.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-16226

GHSA-5MJW-6JRH-HVFQ

Affected Products

Static-Eval

References · 8

• 🔥 https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/548 · Exploit
• https://github.com/substack/static-eval/pull/18 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16226 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-5mjw-6jrh-hvfq · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-16226 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5mjw-6jrh-hvfq · Note
• https://npmjs.com/advisories/548 · Note
• https://maustin.net/articles/2017-10/static_eval · Note