Bug 2000982 (CVE-2021-23438) - CVE-2021-23438 mpath: type confusion can lead to a bypass of CVE-2018-16490
Summary: CVE-2021-23438 mpath: type confusion can lead to a bypass of CVE-2018-16490
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2021-23438
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks: 2000984
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Reported: 2021-09-03 13:29 UTC by Marian Rehak
Modified: 2021-09-21 19:24 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: mpath 0.8.4
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Last Closed: 2021-09-16 18:21:14 UTC
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Description Marian Rehak 2021-09-03 13:29:17 UTC 
A type confusion vulnerability can lead to a bypass of CVE-2018-16490. In particular, the condition ignoreProperties.indexOf(parts[i]) !== -1 returns -1 if parts[i] is ['__proto__'].

External Reference:

https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-MPATH-1577289
Comment 1 Jan Werner 2021-09-16 16:11:45 UTC 
The vulnerable component is not longer shipped with RHACM. Marking RHACM as not affected.
Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2021-09-16 18:21:14 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-23438
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