CVE-2021-3918 (GCVE-0-2021-3918)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-13 00:00 – Updated: 2025-01-17 20:02
VLAI
Title
Prototype Pollution in kriszyp/json-schema
Summary
json-schema is vulnerable to Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-1321 - Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
kriszyp kriszyp/json-schema Affected: unspecified , ≤ 0.3.0 (custom)
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