CVE-2021-23509: Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

November 3, 2021 (updated November 5, 2021)

This affects the package json-ptr A type confusion vulnerability can lead to a bypass of CVE-2020-7766 when the user-provided keys used in the pointer parameter are arrays.

References

github.com/flitbit/json-ptr/commit/5dc458fbad1c382a2e3ca6d62e66ede3d92849ca
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23509

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