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CVE-2017-16226The static-eval module is intended to evaluate statically-analyzable expressions. In affected versions, untrusted user input is able to…
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 3.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 11% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The static-eval module is intended to evaluate statically-analyzable expressions. In affected versions, untrusted user input is able to access the global function constructor, effectively allowing arbitrary code execution.
Timeline
ID reserved
By hackerone
- 7 months later
· 7 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.5% · top 11% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
HackerOne · static-eval node module node module
- affected <=1.1.1
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- npmstatic-evalGHSA-5mjw-6jrh-hvfq (opens in a new tab)
References
References3
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/548 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://maustin.net/articles/2017-10/static_eval (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/substack/static-eval/pull/18 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-0370 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-5mjw-6jrh-hvfq (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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