CVE-2021-23438: Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (Type Confusion)
(updated )
This affects the package mpath 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.
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