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CVE-2018-3728

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-3728 is a high-severity Modification of Assumed-Immutable Data (MAID) vulnerability affecting the hoek node module (versions before 4.2.0 and 5.0.x before 5.0.3), part of the hapijs framework. An authenticated attacker can exploit this flaw by manipulating the '__proto__' property through the 'merge' or 'applyToDefaults' functions, leading to prototype pollution across all objects. This allows for high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the CVSS score is 8.8, there is currently no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hapijs:hoek:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
>= 5.0.0, < 5.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hapijs:hoek:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0431 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 17,823 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (46)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: hoekFixed in: 4.2.1
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: hoekFixed in: 5.0.3
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.6Fixed in: nagios-0:4.0.8-8.el7map
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.6Fixed in: nagios-plugins-0:2.0.3-3.el7map
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.6Fixed in: perl-Crypt-CBC-0:2.33-2.el7map
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.6Fixed in: perl-Crypt-DES-0:2.05-20.el7map
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.6Fixed in: perl-Net-SNMP-0:6.0.1-7.el7map
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.6Fixed in: phantomjs-0:1.9.7-3.el7map
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.6Fixed in: python-meld3-0:0.6.10-1.el7map
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.6Fixed in: qstat-0:2.11-13.20080912svn311.el7map
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.6Fixed in: radiusclient-ng-0:0.5.6-9.el7map
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.6Fixed in: redis-0:2.8.21-2.el7map
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.6Fixed in: rhmap-fh-openshift-templates-0:4.6.0-5.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.6Fixed in: rhmap-mod_authnz_external-0:3.3.1-7.el7map
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.6Fixed in: sendEmail-0:1.56-2.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.6Fixed in: ssmtp-0:2.64-14.el7map
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.6Fixed in: supervisor-0:3.1.3-3.el7map
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.6Fixed in: rhmap46/fh-aaa:1.1.3-4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.6Fixed in: rhmap46/fh-appstore:2.1.2-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.6Fixed in: rhmap46/fh-mbaas:6.0.3-2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.6Fixed in: rhmap46/fh-messaging:3.2.0-4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.6Fixed in: rhmap46/fh-metrics:3.2.0-5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.6Fixed in: rhmap46/fh-ngui:5.19.3-1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.6Fixed in: rhmap46/fh-scm:1.1.4-2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.6Fixed in: rhmap46/fh-sdks:1.0.0-36
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.6Fixed in: rhmap46/fh-statsd:2.1.3-4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.6Fixed in: rhmap46/fh-supercore:5.0.10-2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.6Fixed in: rhmap46/gitlab-shell:2.1.2-16
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.6Fixed in: rhmap46/httpd:2.4-47
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.6Fixed in: rhmap46/installer:1.0.0-42
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.6Fixed in: rhmap46/memcached:1.4.15-32
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.6Fixed in: rhmap46/millicore:7.55.0-4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.6Fixed in: rhmap46/mysql:5.5-28
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.6Fixed in: rhmap46/nagios:4.0.8-58
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.6Fixed in: rhmap46/redis:2.8.21-40
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.6Fixed in: rhmap46/ups-eap:1.1.4-35
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.6Fixed in: rhmap46/wildcard-proxy:1.0.0-17
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Quay 3Fixed in: quay/quay-rhel8:v3.6.0-62
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.6Fixed in: rhmap46/mongodb:3.2-36
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.6Fixed in: fh-system-dump-tool-0:1.0.0-5.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.6Fixed in: fping-0:3.10-4.el7map
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redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: nodejs-hoek
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3Fixed in: nodejs-hoek
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: rh-nodejs4-nodejs-hoek
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: rh-nodejs6-nodejs-hoek

Vendor Advisories (2)

npmGHSA-jp4x-w63m-7wgmhigh

Prototype Pollution in hoek

Apr 26, 2018
redhatCVE-2018-3728Low

hoek: Prototype pollution in utilities function

Feb 15, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1263
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1264
Third Party Advisory
github.com / hapijs/hoek/commit/32ed5c9413321fbc37da5ca81a7cbab693786dee
PatchThird Party Advisory
hackerone.com / reports/310439
ExploitThird Party Advisory
nodesecurity.io / advisories/566
Broken Link
snyk.io / vuln/npm:hoek:20180212
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/103108
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry