GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-6xrf-q977-5vgc json-pointer vulnerable to Prototype Pollution

CRITICAL Published 2022-12-26 Modified 2024-04-04 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2022-4742
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
json-pointer
Severity
Critical
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-1321
Reviewed
2022-12-30

Affected packages

• npm json-pointer: < 0.6.2 → fixed in 0.6.2

Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in json-pointer up to 0.6.1. Affected by this issue is the function set of the file index.js. The manipulation leads to improperly controlled modification of object prototype attributes ('prototype pollution'). The attack may be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 0.6.2 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as 859c9984b6c407fc2d5a0a7e47c7274daa681941. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. VDB-216794 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2022-4742 A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in json-pointer up to 0.6.1. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-1321 Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes weakness

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