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CVE-2020-7770

9.8 criticalEPSS 1.9%

Critical (9.8) in json8 project json8. EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in json8 1.0.3.

This affects the package json8 before 1.0.3. The function adds in the target object the property specified in the path, however it does not properly check the key being set, leading to a prototype pollution.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

9.8 critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 79% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-1321
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

Packages (OSV)

AdvisoryEcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
GHSA-7h43-gx24-p529npmjson8<1.0.31.0.3

References

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