GHSA-x5r6-x823-9848

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x5r6-x823-9848
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2021/05/GHSA-x5r6-x823-9848/GHSA-x5r6-x823-9848.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-x5r6-x823-9848
Aliases
  • CVE-2020-7766
Published
2021-05-10T19:15:43Z
Modified
2025-01-14T08:57:19.814698Z
Severity
  • 7.3 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator
Summary
Arbitrary Code Execution in json-ptr
Details

npm json-ptr before 2.1.0 has an arbitrary code execution vulnerability. The issue occurs in the set operation when the force flag is set to true. The function recursively set the property in the target object, however it does not properly check the key being set, leading to a prototype pollution.

Database specific 
{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-1321",
        "CWE-400",
        "CWE-74"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2021-04-19T23:01:34Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2020-11-10T16:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
}
References

Affected packages

npm / json-ptr

Package

Name
json-ptr
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Purl
pkg:npm/json-ptr

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.1.0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2021/05/GHSA-x5r6-x823-9848/GHSA-x5r6-x823-9848.json"