{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16472","details":"A prototype pollution attack in cached-path-relative versions \u003c=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.","modified":"2025-10-24T04:47:11Z","published":"2018-11-06T19:29:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2018-16472"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16472"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://hackerone.com/reports/390847"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16472"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"node-cached-path-relative","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-cached-path-relative@1.0.1-1?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.0.1-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1.0.1-1","binary_name":"node-cached-path-relative"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16472.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}