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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2022-4742

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in json-pointer up to 0.6.1.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.00%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.00%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in json-pointer up to 0.6.1. Affected by this issue is the function set of the file index.js. The manipulation leads to improperly controlled modification of object prototype attributes ('prototype pollution'). The attack may be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 0.6.2 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as 859c9984b6c407fc2d5a0a7e47c7274daa681941. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. VDB-216794 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

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
1.00% probability · 61th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-1321
Affected
json-pointer project/json-pointer
Source
cna@vuldb.com

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