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CVE-2024-57072 — module-from-string

HIGH

CVE-2024-57072 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) CWE-1321 vulnerability in module-from-string. The records list no fixed version yet; check the vendor advisory below and apply the mitigations in the meantime.

module-from-string prototype pollution

Published
Updated
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
None yet
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Nov 6, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
0.6%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs46th percentile — riskier than 46% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
0.00%0.35%0.70%1.05%0.1%0.6%May 26Sep 26Nov 26

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

How urgent is this, really

Where this sits among everything scored

Real-World Exposure

1 pkg affected

How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, and reverse-dependency count shows how many other packages break if it stays unpatched.

29other npm packages depend on this — each one inherits the vulnerability until it's patched upstream
module-from-stringnpm
50Kdownloads / week

Description

A prototype pollution in the lib.requireFromString function of module-from-string v3.3.1 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via supplying a crafted payload.

Affected Packages

1 total
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
📦npmmodule-from-stringall versionsNo fix

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for module-from-string, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

  2. Remediation status

    The records we use list no patched version of module-from-string for CVE-2024-57072. Check the maintainer's advisory, and where your build allows, override or pin the dependency away from the vulnerable range.

  3. Mitigate without a patch

    Cap what an attacker can consume: apply request size, rate and timeout limits in front of the affected component, and run it with memory and CPU limits so exhaustion degrades one worker rather than the whole service.

Frequently Asked Questions

A prototype pollution in the lib.requireFromString function of module-from-string v3.3.1 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via supplying a crafted payload.
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CVE-2024-57072: module-from-string DoS (High 7.5)