JMESPath for Ruby uses unsafe JSON.load when safe JSON.parse is preferable

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2022-32511 · GHSA-5c5f-7vfq-3732 · Published 06/06/2022 · updated 08/10/2026

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
jmespath RubyGems	`< 1.6.1`	`1.6.1`
jmespath jmespath	`< 1.6.1`	`1.6.1`

Description

jmespath.rb (aka JMESPath for Ruby) before 1.6.1 uses JSON.load in a situation where JSON.parse is preferable.

NVD description

jmespath.rb (aka JMESPath for Ruby) before 1.6.1 uses JSON.load in a situation where JSON.parse is preferable.

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