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FKIE_CVE-2021-23443

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-09-21 17:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:38
Severity
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
This affects the package edge.js before 5.3.2. A type confusion vulnerability can be used to bypass input sanitization when the input to be rendered is an array (instead of a string or a SafeValue), even if {{ }} are used.
References
report@snyk.iohttps://github.com/edge-js/edge/commit/fa2c7fde86327aeae232752e89a6e37e2e469e21Patch, Third Party Advisory
report@snyk.iohttps://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-EDGEJS-1579556Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/edge-js/edge/commit/fa2c7fde86327aeae232752e89a6e37e2e469e21Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-EDGEJS-1579556Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
adonisjs edge *
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:38:46.313",
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