CVE-2024-38998
jrburke requirejs v2.3.6 was discovered to contain a prototype pollution via the function config....
DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none. Reason: This candidate was withdrawn by its CNA. Further investigation showed that it was not a security issue. Notes: none.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
What each source reports
GitHub Advisories Score usedGHSA-m3r7-wx5j-gx67
jrburke requirejs v2.3.6 was discovered to contain a prototype pollution via the function config....
jrburke requirejs v2.3.6 was discovered to contain a prototype pollution via the function config. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via injecting arbitrary properties.
- Record
GHSA-m3r7-wx5j-gx67- CVSS 3.1
- 8.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-1321
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none. Reason: This candidate was withdrawn by its CNA. Further investigation showed that it was not a security issue. Notes: none.
- Record
CVE-2024-38998- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-37693 No score
DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none. Reason: This candidate was withdrawn by its CNA. Further investigation showed that it was not a security issue. Notes: none.
- Record
EUVD-2024-37693- Updated
- 2026-11-03
NVD No score
Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none. Reason: This candidate was withdrawn by its CNA. Further investigation showed that it was not a security issue. Notes: none.
- Record
CVE-2024-38998- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38998
Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none. Reason: This candidate was withdrawn by its CNA. Further investigation showed that it was not a security issue. Notes: none.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38998- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none. Reason: This candidate was withdrawn by its CNA. Further investigation showed that it was not a security issue. Notes: none.
- Record
CVE-2024-38998- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2024:3771-1 No score
Security update for pgadmin4
This update for pgadmin4 fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2024-38355: Fixed socket.io: unhandled 'error' event (bsc#1226967)
- CVE-2024-38998: Fixed requirejs: prototype pollution via function config (bsc#1227248)
- CVE-2024-38999: Fixed requirejs: prototype pollution via function s.contexts._.configure (bsc#1227252)
- CVE-2024-39338: Fixed axios: server-side request forgery due to requests for path relative URLs being processed as protocol relative URLs in axios (bsc#1229423)
- CVE-2024-4067: Fixed micromatch: vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) (bsc#1224366)
- CVE-2024-4068: Fixed braces: fails to limit the number of characters it can handle, which could lead to Memory Exhaustion (bsc#1224295)
- CVE-2024-43788: Fixed webpack: DOM clobbering gadget in AutoPublicPathRuntimeModule could lead to XSS (bsc#1229861)
- CVE-2024-48948: Fixed elliptic: ECDSA signature verification error due to leading zero may reject legitimate transactions in elliptic (bsc#1231684)
- CVE-2024-48949: Fixed elliptic: Missing Validation in Elliptic's EDDSA Signature Verification (bsc#1231564)
- CVE-2024-9014: Fixed OAuth2 issue that could lead to information leak (bsc#1230928)
- Record
SUSE-SU-2024:3771-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected packages
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | c4bsec/PP_CVE-2024-38998 | 2025-01-08 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| affected | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-38998 has been rejected by its source and should not be treated as a live vulnerability, published July 1, 2024. Public exploit code exists.
References
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38998
gist.github.com/mestrtee/9acae342285bd2998fa09ebcb1e6d30a
github.com/advisories/GHSA-m3r7-wx5j-gx67
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-38998
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20243771-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1224295
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ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-38998
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38998