Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting jsonata package, versions <1.8.8>=2.0.0 <2.2.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.41% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-JSONATA-19233338
  • published23 Aug 2026
  • disclosed21 Aug 2026
  • creditPeak Twilight, Arthur

Introduced: 21 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-77413  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade jsonata to version 1.8.8, 2.2.0 or higher.

Overview

jsonata is a JSON query and transformation language

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Injection via the lookup function due to a missing hasOwnProperty check. An attacker can execute arbitrary code by submitting crafted expressions.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1