Prototype pollution in json-pointer

HIGH 7.2CVE-2020-7709 · GHSA-7mg4-w3w5-x5pc · Published 05/10/2020 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2020-7709 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability affecting org.webjars.npm:json-pointer, json-pointer (manuelstofer), json-pointer.
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.8%, higher than 78.4% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 0.6.1 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.webjars.npm:json-pointer Maven	`< 0.6.1`	`0.6.1`
json-pointer manuelstofer	`< 0.6.1`	`0.6.1`
json-pointer npm	`< 0.6.1`	`0.6.1`

This affects the package json-pointer before 0.6.1. Multiple reference of object using slash is supported.

NVD description

This affects the package json-pointer before 0.6.1. Multiple reference of object using slash is supported.

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