CVE-2021-23807 (GCVE-0-2021-23807)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-03 17:20 – Updated: 2024-09-16 23:25
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Prototype Pollution
Summary
This affects the package jsonpointer before 5.0.0. A type confusion vulnerability can lead to a bypass of a previous Prototype Pollution fix when the pointer components are arrays.
Severity
CWE
- Prototype Pollution
Assigner
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-JSONPOINTER-1577288 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1910273 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/janl/node-jsonpointer/pull/51 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/janl/node-jsonpointer/commit/a… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | jsonpointer |
Affected:
unspecified , < 5.0.0
(custom)
|
Date Public
2021-11-03 00:00
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