What is GHSA-8gwj-8hxc-285w?

GHSA-8gwj-8hxc-285w is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Prototype Pollution in json-ptr

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-8gwj-8hxc-285w cover?

GHSA-8gwj-8hxc-285w covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2021-23509. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-8gwj-8hxc-285w?

GHSA-8gwj-8hxc-285w has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.6, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-8gwj-8hxc-285w?

GHSA-8gwj-8hxc-285w affects 1 product, including: npm/json-ptr:\u003c 3.0.0.

GHSA-8gwj-8hxc-285wMediumCVSS 5.6

Prototype Pollution in json-ptr

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

November 8, 2021

Last Modified

February 1, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2021-23509 →

📋 Description

This affects the package json-ptr before 3.0.0. A type confusion vulnerability can lead to a bypass of CVE-2020-7766 when the user-provided keys used in the pointer parameter are arrays.

🎯 Affected products1

npm/json-ptr:< 3.0.0

🔗 References (6)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23509
https://github.com/flitbit/json-ptr/pull/42
https://github.com/flitbit/json-ptr/commit/5dc458fbad1c382a2e3ca6d62e66ede3d92849ca
https://github.com/flitbit/json-ptr%23security-vulnerabilities-resolved
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-JSONPTR-1577291
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8gwj-8hxc-285w