CVE-2017-5941

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).

Score

CVSS 3.1 9.8 Critical

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2017-02-09

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-502

Affected products

• Node-serialize (Node-serialize Project)

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161356/Node.JS-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163222/Node.JS-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96225
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/311
• https://opsecx.com/index.php/2017/02/08/exploiting-node-js-deserialization-bug-for-remote-code-execution/