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CVE-2024-38997

MEDIUM

CVE-2024-38997 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.5) CWE-1321 vulnerability in swiperjs swiper. O3 Security detects and blocks CVE-2024-38997 exploitation at runtime via eBPF exploit-chain detection and L7 egress monitoring, even on unpatched systems.

adolph_dudu ratio-swiper v0.0.2 was discovered to contain a prototype pollution via the function extendDefaults. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause…

Published
Jul 1, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
Affected
1 product
Patched
See advisory
Exploits
None indexed

Description

adolph_dudu ratio-swiper v0.0.2 was discovered to contain a prototype pollution via the function extendDefaults. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via injecting arbitrary properties.

Affected Products

1 product · 1 configurations
Application
swiperswiperjs
1 version
0.0.2

Detection & mitigation playbook

Vendor / appliance
  1. Detect

    Inventory every swiperjs swiper deployment and check each version against the affected-products list above. Because the exploit targets the running system rather than your application code, also watch for remote code execution at the network and runtime layer — O3 flags the exploit behaviour from runtime telemetry and egress traffic even before a vulnerable build is confirmed.

  2. Remediation status

    No patch has shipped for CVE-2024-38997 yet — track the swiperjs swiper advisory for a fixed release and apply the workarounds below in the meantime.

  3. Mitigate without a patch

    Cut exposure now: restrict the management/admin interface to trusted networks, segment the device, and apply the vendor's recommended configuration mitigations and any WAF/IPS signature. O3's runtime protection blocks the exploit chain at execution, holding the line on unpatched or end-of-life systems until you can patch.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 detects and blocks CVE-2024-38997 exploitation at runtime: eBPF exploit-chain detection, plus L7 egress monitoring that catches the post-exploitation callback and severs the attacker's outbound channel.

Tailored to CVE-2024-38997. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

adolph_dudu ratio-swiper v0.0.2 was discovered to contain a prototype pollution via the function extendDefaults. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via injecting arbitrary properties.
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Is CVE-2024-38997 being exploited in your environment?

O3's eBPF runtime sensors and L7 egress monitoring detect and block the CVE-2024-38997 exploit chain at execution — protecting unpatched and end-of-life systems until the vendor patch is applied.