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CVE-2020-7766 (GCVE-0-2020-7766)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-11-10 15:35 – Updated: 2024-09-16 22:14
VLAI
Title
Prototype Pollution
Summary
This affects all versions of package json-ptr. The issue occurs in the set operation (https://flitbit.github.io/json-ptr/classes/_src_pointer_.jsonpointer.htmlset) 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.
Severity
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CWE
  • Prototype Pollution
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a json-ptr Affected: 0 , < unspecified (custom)
Date Public
2020-11-10 00:00
Credits
Alessio Della Libera (d3lla)
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