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CVE-2017-5954

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-02-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-502

Description

An issue was discovered in the serialize-to-js package 0.5.0 for Node.js. Untrusted data passed into the deserialize() function can be exploited to achieve arbitrary code execution by passing a JavaScript Object with an Immediately Invoked Function Expression (IIFE).

Affected products

• commenthol serialize-to-js: 0.5.0

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96223
• https://github.com/commenthol/serialize-to-js/issues/1
• https://opsecx.com/index.php/2017/02/08/exploiting-node-js-deserialization-bug-for-remote-code-execution/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96223
• https://github.com/commenthol/serialize-to-js/issues/1
• https://opsecx.com/index.php/2017/02/08/exploiting-node-js-deserialization-bug-for-remote-code-execution/

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