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CVE-2021-23820

A type confusion vulnerability can lead to a bypass of CVE-2020-7709 when the pointer components are arrays.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.87%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.87%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

This affects all versions of package json-pointer. A type confusion vulnerability can lead to a bypass of CVE-2020-7709 when the pointer components are arrays.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
1.87% probability · 78th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-843
Affected
manuelstofer/json-pointer
Source
report@snyk.io

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.