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CVE-2021-23807

nodejs-jsonpointer: type confusion vulnerability can lead to a bypass of a previous prototype pollution fix when the pointer components are arrays

Published Modified CWE 843
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GHSA5.6CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Red Hat7.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by GHSA (medium), Red Hat (medium).

Description

This affects the package jsonpointer before 5.0.0. A type confusion vulnerability can lead to a bypass of a previous Prototype Pollution fix when the pointer components are arrays.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
chainguardpy3-jsonpointer3.0.0-r0
npm::GitHub Security Advisory npmjsonpointer, org.webjars.npm:json-pointer5.0.0
Red Hatkibanano fix listed
wolfipy3-jsonpointer3.0.0-r0
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SourcePackageFixed in
chainguardpy3-jsonpointer3.0.0-r0
npm::GitHub Security Advisory npmjsonpointer5.0.0
npm::GitHub Security Advisory npmorg.webjars.npm:json-pointer5.0.0
Red Hatkibanano fix listed
wolfipy3-jsonpointer3.0.0-r0

References

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