Advisories for Npm/Json-Pointer package

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in json-pointer. 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. The name of the patch is 859c9984b6c407fc2d5a0a7e47c7274daa681941. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-216794 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

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.

This Prototype Pollution affects the package json-pointer. Multiple references of an object using a slash is supported.