CVE-2021-23438

critical

Description

This affects the package mpath before 0.8.4. A type confusion vulnerability can lead to a bypass of CVE-2018-16490. In particular, the condition ignoreProperties.indexOf(parts[i]) !== -1 returns -1 if parts[i] is ['__proto__']. This is because the method that has been called if the input is an array is Array.prototype.indexOf() and not String.prototype.indexOf(). They behave differently depending on the type of the input.

References

https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-MPATH-1577289

https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1579548

https://github.com/aheckmann/mpath/commit/89402d2880d4ea3518480a8c9847c541f2d824fc

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-09-01

Updated: 2021-09-10

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical