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Exploiting Node.js deserialization bug for Remote Code Execution

tl;dr Untrusted data passed into unserialize() function  in node-serialize module can be exploited to achieve arbitrary code execution by passing a serialized JavaScript Object with an Immediately invoked function expression (IIFE). The Bug During a Node.js code review, I happen to see a serialization/deserialization module named node-serialize. A cookie value that comes from the request was passed into the unserialize() function […]