Validation Bypass in schema-inspector

Description

In schema-inspector before 1.6.9, a maliciously crafted JavaScript object can bypass the sanitize() and the validate() function used within schema-inspector.

Recommendation

Update the schema-inspector package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): < 1.6.9
• Patched version(s): 1.6.9

References

• GHSA-r24h-634p-m72x
• snyk.io
• CVE-2019-10781
• CWE-668
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A1
• OWASP 2021-A6

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• bson-objectid contains Improper input validation - CVE-2019-19729

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Tags:

npm

schema-inspector