VulnerabilityAnalyzed
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
- https://github.com/manuelstofer/json-pointer/blob/master/index.js%23L78Third Party Advisory
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1910686Exploit, Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-JSONPOINTER-1577287Exploit, Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/manuelstofer/json-pointer/blob/master/index.js%23L78Third Party Advisory
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1910686Exploit, Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-JSONPOINTER-1577287Exploit, Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.