Arbitrary code execution via function parsing in react-editable-json-tree
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-95.
Summary
This library allows strings to be parsed as functions and stored as a specialized component, [`JsonFunctionValue`](https://github.com/oxyno-zeta/react-editable-json-tree/blob/09a0ca97835b0834ad054563e2fddc6f22bc5d8c/src/components/JsonFunctionValue.js). To do this, Javascript's [`eval`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/eval) function is used to execute strings that begin with "function" as Javascript. This unfortunately could allow arbitrary code to be executed if it exists as a value within the JSON structure being displayed. Given that this component may often be used to display data from arbitrary, untrusted sources, this is extremely dangerous. One important note is that users who have defined a custom [`onSubmitValueParser`](https://github.com/oxyno-zeta/react-editable-json-tree/tree/09a0ca97835b0834ad054563e2fddc6f22bc5d8c#onsubmitvalueparser) callback prop on the [`JsonTree`](https://github.com/oxyno-zeta/react-editable-json-tree/blob/09a0ca97835b0834ad054563e2fddc6f22bc5d8c/src/JsonTree.js) component should be ***unaffected***. This vulnerability exists in the default `onSubmitValueParser` prop which calls [`parse`](https://github.com/oxyno-zeta/react-editable-json-tree/blob/master/src/utils/parse.js#L30). Prop is added to `JsonTree` called `allowFunctionEvaluation`. This prop will be set to `true` in v2.2.2, which allows upgrade without losing backwards-compatibility. In v2.2.2, we switched from using `eval` to using [`Function`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Function) to construct anonymous functions. This is better than `eval` for the following reasons: - Arbitrary code should not be able to execute immediately, since the `Function` constructor explicitly *only creates* anonymous functions - Functions are created without local closures, so they only have access to the global scope If you use: - **Version `<2.2.2`**, you must upgrade as soon as possible. - **Version `^2.2.2`**, you must explicitly set `JsonTree`'s `allowFunctionEvaluation` prop to `false` to fully mitigate this vulnerability. - **Version `>=3.0.0`**, `allowFunctionEvaluation` is already set to `false` by default, so no further steps are necessary.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| oxyno-zeta | react-editable-json-tree | before 2.2.2 | 2.2.2 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | react-editable-json-tree (npm) | before 2.2.2 | 2.2.2 | Patch available | GHSA-j3rv-w43q-f9x2 |
- react-editable-json-tree Vendoroxyno-zeta Affected before 2.2.2 Fixed in 2.2.2 Patch available CNA
- react-editable-json-tree (npm) Vendor— Affected before 2.2.2 Fixed in 2.2.2 Patch available GHSA-j3rv-w43q-f9x2
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:react_editable_json_tree_project:react_editable_json_tree:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | before 2.2.2 | Vulnerable | React Editable Json Tree Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:react_editable_json_tree_project:react_editable_json_tree:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions before 2.2.2 Vulnerable ·React Editable Json Tree Project
Remediation
- Fix · CNA react-editable-json-tree (oxyno-zeta) Fixed in 2.2.2
- Fix · GHSA-j3rv-w43q-f9x2 react-editable-json-tree (npm) Fixed in 2.2.2 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-36010
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j3rv-w43q-f9x2
References
More oxyno-zeta vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-31088 oxyno-zeta/s3-proxy: Security Issues in Resource Path Matching CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.4
- TI-2025-19958 Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in template implementation in oxyno-zeta/s3-proxy CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.4
Sources
- CVE-2022-36010 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-36010 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-j3rv-w43q-f9x2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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