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CVE-2021-23440

critical

Description

This affects the package set-value before <2.0.1, >=3.0.0 <4.0.1. A type confusion vulnerability can lead to a bypass of CVE-2019-10747 when the user-provided keys used in the path parameter are arrays.

References

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html

https://github.com/jonschlinkert/set-value/pull/33

https://github.com/jonschlinkert/set-value/commit/7cf8073bb06bf0c15e08475f9f952823b4576452

https://github.com/gummystoryboa/cli

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4jqc-8m5r-9rpr

https://www.huntr.dev/bounties/2eae1159-01de-4f82-a177-7478a408c4a2/

https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SETVALUE-1540541

https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1584212

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-1976

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-09-12

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02206