hoek before 8.5.1 and 9.x before 9.0.3 allows prototype poisoning in the clone function.
Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-1321Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 9 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.
Summary
hoek before 8.5.1 and 9.x before 9.0.3 allows prototype poisoning in the clone function.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01241 69th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial @hapi/hoek (npm): 8.5.1, 9.0.3Red Hat: 9 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | @hapi/hoek (npm) | before 8.5.1 | 8.5.1 | Patch available | GHSA-c429-5p7v-vgjp |
| — | @hapi/hoek (npm) | 9.0.0 to before 9.0.3 | 9.0.3 | Patch available | GHSA-c429-5p7v-vgjp |
| — | hoek (npm) | up to 6.1.3 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-c429-5p7v-vgjp |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- @hapi/hoek (npm) Vendor— Affected before 8.5.1 Fixed in 8.5.1 Patch available GHSA-c429-5p7v-vgjp
- @hapi/hoek (npm) Vendor— Affected 9.0.0 to before 9.0.3 Fixed in 9.0.3 Patch available GHSA-c429-5p7v-vgjp
- hoek (npm) Vendor— Affected up to 6.1.3 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-c429-5p7v-vgjp
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-c429-5p7v-vgjp @hapi/hoek (npm) Fixed in 8.5.1 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-c429-5p7v-vgjp @hapi/hoek (npm) Fixed in 9.0.3 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Migration Toolkit for Containers | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Migration Toolkit for Virtualization | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| OpenShift Service Mesh 2 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| OpenShift Service Mesh 2.0 | Affected | No fix yet |
| OpenShift Service Mesh 2.1 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Decision Manager 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Process Automation 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
Not affected: 3 products
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
- Red Hat Data Grid 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-36604
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c429-5p7v-vgjp
References
More hapijs Hoek vulnerabilities
- TI-2018-02726 Prototype pollution in @hapi hoek node module CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2020-36604 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-36604 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-c429-5p7v-vgjp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2020-36604 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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