Prototype pollution in json-bigint - CVE-2020-8237
Published: September 18, 2020 / Updated: December 22, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU49119
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-8237
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a DoS attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can inject arbitrary code and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
json-bigint
OpenShift Data Foundation (formerly OpenShift Container Storage)
OpenShift Data Foundation (formerly OpenShift Container Storage)
How to mitigate CVE-2020-8237
Install update from vendor's website.
json-bigint - update to 1.0.0