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

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2021-08-27 17:15 – Updated: 2026-05-20 14:53 – 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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  "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": "2026-05-20T14:53:09Z",
  "published": "2021-08-27T17:15:00Z",
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}



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