CVE-2026-77414
JSONata: Arbitrary Code Execution via crafted JSONata expressions
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.3 Critical
- Published
- Aug 21, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 26, 2026
- Reserved
- Aug 20, 2026
Description
JSONata is a JSON query and transformation language. Prior to 1.8.8 and 2.2.1, the src/jsonata.js environment.lookup function used a bypassable hasOwnProperty check. Crafted expressions could use $hasOwnProperty, $spread, $string, prototype access, and $constructor to reach the object prototype and invoke process.getBuiltinModule with child_process, executing arbitrary code with the privileges of the host process. This issue is fixed in versions 1.8.8 and 2.2.1.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 9.3 Critical | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
jsonatajsonata-js |
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References
- https://github.com/jsonata-js/jsonata/security/advisories/GHSA-2943-5xfg-gq5f
- https://github.com/jsonata-js/jsonata/pull/799
- https://github.com/jsonata-js/jsonata/commit/59e25144fc3b7125f6befd71b8a6e14e1fa610d2
- https://github.com/jsonata-js/jsonata/releases/tag/v1.8.8
- https://github.com/jsonata-js/jsonata/releases/tag/v2.2.1
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