UBUNTU-CVE-2021-23434 (CVE-2021-23434)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2021-08-27 17:15 – Updated: 2026-10-17 09:08 – Source website
VLAI
Details

This affects the package object-path before 0.11.6. A type confusion vulnerability can lead to a bypass of CVE-2020-15256 when the path components used in the path parameter are arrays. In particular, the condition currentPath === 'proto' returns false if currentPath is ['proto']. This is because the === operator returns always false when the type of the operands is different.

Severity
5.6 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
8.6 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "This affects the package object-path before 0.11.6. A type confusion vulnerability can lead to a bypass of CVE-2020-15256 when the path components used in the path parameter are arrays. In particular, the condition currentPath === \u0027__proto__\u0027 returns false if currentPath is [\u0027__proto__\u0027]. This is because the === operator returns always false when the type of the operands is different.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2021-23434",
  "modified": "2026-10-17T09:08:13Z",
  "published": "2021-08-27T17:15:00Z",
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      "url": "https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-OBJECTPATH-1569453"
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      "url": "https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1570423"
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5967-1"
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    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
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}



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