CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-7709

Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')

Published: Oct 05, 2020 | Modified: Mar 05, 2025
CVSS 3.x
7.2
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

This affects the package json-pointer before 0.6.1. Multiple reference of object using slash is supported.

Weakness

The product receives input from an upstream component that specifies attributes that are to be initialized or updated in an object, but it does not properly control modifications of attributes of the object prototype.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Json-pointer Manuelstofer * 0.6.1 (excluding)
Python3-json-pointer Ubuntu trusty *

Potential Mitigations

References