CVE-2021-23440 is a critical type confusion vulnerability in the 'set-value' package (versions before 2.0.1 and between 3.0.0 and 4.0.1), impacting products like Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Policy. This flaw allows for a bypass of a previous security fix (CVE-2019-10747) when user-supplied array keys are used in the path parameter. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high potential for confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:set-value_project:set-value:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | ||
>= 3.0.0, < 4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:set-value_project:set-value:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | ||
1.14.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_cloud_native_core_policy:1.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.