JMESPath for Ruby uses unsafe JSON.load when safe JSON.parse is preferable · CVE-2022-32511 · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub

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

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jun 7, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 17, 2023

Package

jmespath (RubyGems)

Affected versions

< 1.6.1

Patched versions

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database

Jun 6, 2022

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jun 7, 2022

Reviewed Jun 7, 2022

Last updated Apr 17, 2023

Severity

Critical

9.8

/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector

Network

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

None

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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