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

Description

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

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
critical
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Published (advisory)
2022-06-07 00:00:31 UTC
Updated
2023-04-17 15:33:39 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2022-06-07 21:14:51 UTC
NVD published
2022-06-06

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
2.10% 83.78%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
9.8 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

Identifiers

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Credits

  • plygrnd (analyst)
  • tdunlap607 (analyst)

Affected packages (1)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
rubygems jmespath < 1.6.1 1.6.1

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence