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CVE-2017-16226

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-06-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

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.

Affected products

• HackerOne static-eval node module node module: before 2.0.0 — fixed in 2.0.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: HackerOne static-eval node module node module 2.0.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/substack/static-eval/pull/18
• https://maustin.net/articles/2017-10/static_eval
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/548
• https://github.com/substack/static-eval/pull/18
• https://maustin.net/articles/2017-10/static_eval
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/548

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