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Critical, CVSS 9.8amended

Prototype Pollution in defaults-deep

CVE-2018-16486GHSA-pjxw-22xf-6pwc

What to do

Vendor response not established. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check back for a fix.

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Affected packages

  • npm defaults-deep

    Affected
    <= 0.2.4
    Fixed in
    no fixed version recorded

Sources

Severity and exploitation
Exploitation
No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.
CVSS
9.8 · CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
  • CVE-2018-16486: 1.48% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 73.97 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.
Source description

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

All versions of defaults-deep are vulnerable to prototype pollution. Provided certain input defaults-deep can add or modify properties of the Object prototype. These properties will be present on all objects. Recommendation As no patch is currently available for this vulnerability it is our recommendation to select another module that can provide this functionality.

Dates and revisions
Published by the source
Last modified by the source
Source last checked
  1. Revision 2 · amended ·

    Amended from ghsa record GHSA-pjxw-22xf-6pwc

  2. Revision 1 · created ·

    Published from osv record GHSA-pjxw-22xf-6pwc

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2018-16486

Advisory: Prototype Pollution in defaults-deep
IDs: CVE-2018-16486, GHSA-pjxw-22xf-6pwc
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2018-16486 (revision 2, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 12:26 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: Critical (CVSS 9.8)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor response not established. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- npm defaults-deep: affected <= 0.2.4

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- `npm ls defaults-deep --all`: lists every installed copy and version, including transitive ones. Run in the project root after `npm ci`.

## Supported action
No complete vendor fix is recorded. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check this record again before closing anything.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on defaults-deep.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-pjxw-22xf-6pwc (OSV record GHSA-pjxw-22xf-6pwc lists affected ranges: npm defaults-deep >=0 <=0.2.4)
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pjxw-22xf-6pwc (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-pjxw-22xf-6pwc lists affected ranges: npm defaults-deep >=0 <=0.2.4)

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