CVE intelligence and bounded remediation
CVE-2024-23339 — hoolock is a suite of lightweight utilities designed to maintain a small footprint when bundled
hoolock is a suite of lightweight utilities designed to maintain a small footprint when bundled. Starting in version 2.0.0 and prior to version 2.2.1, utility functions related to object paths (`get`, `set`, and `update`) did not block attempts to access or alter object prototypes. Starting in version 2.2.1, the `get`, `set` and `update` functions throw a `TypeError` when a user attempts to access or alter inherited properties.
- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.5 (3.1)
- Published
- 2024-01-22
- CISA KEV
- Not currently listed
- Ecosystem
- software/application
- Weaknesses
- CWE-1321
Affected products
- elijahharry / hoolock
Matched remediation archetype
General vulnerability remediation
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Check exposure
- Confirm the affected component, deployment paths, reachable interfaces, and enabled features from inventories and configuration, without probing production destructively.
- Compare the advisory's affected conditions with the repository lockfiles, build manifests, artifacts, and runtime inventory.
- Identify data sensitivity, trust boundaries, and privilege level for every confirmed affected deployment.
Remediate safely
- Apply a vendor-supported fix or remove the affected component or feature; record the selected change and its source in the repository.
- Update direct and transitive dependency locks, generated artifacts, deployment manifests, and asset inventories together.
- Add a regression test for the documented unsafe condition using inert inputs and preserve rollback instructions.
Authoritative sources
Complete CVE record and remediation plan
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