CVE-2022-4742: Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')

December 26, 2022 (updated November 9, 2023)

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.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-6xrf-q977-5vgc
github.com/manuelstofer/json-pointer/commit/859c9984b6c407fc2d5a0a7e47c7274daa681941
github.com/manuelstofer/json-pointer/pull/36
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4742
vuldb.com/?ctiid.216794
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