cve/2018/CVE-2018-16469.md

### [CVE-2018-16469](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16469)
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### Description

The merge.recursive function in the merge package <1.2.1 can be tricked into adding or modifying properties of the Object prototype. These properties will be present on all objects allowing for a denial of service attack.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://hackerone.com/reports/381194

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.