CVE-2017-5941

high-risk
Published 2017-02-09

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).

Do I need to act?

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77.9% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 22% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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3 public exploits available
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Patch status unknown
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9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

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high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 20/34 · Moderate
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal