Code injection in jsonpath
Priority MEDIUM 50CWE-94Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 3 fixed, 6 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-94.
Summary
Versions of the package jsonpath before 1.3.0 are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Injection via unsafe evaluation of user-supplied JSON Path expressions. The library relies on the static-eval module to process JSON Path input, which is not designed to handle untrusted data safely. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by supplying a malicious JSON Path expression that, when evaluated, executes arbitrary JavaScript code, leading to Remote Code Execution in Node.js environments or Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in browser contexts. This affects all methods that evaluate JSON Paths against objects, including .query, .nodes, .paths, .value, .parent, and .apply.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01149 67th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial jsonpath: 1.3.0jsonpath (npm): 1.3.0Red Hat: 5 advisoriesRed Hat: 3 fixed, 6 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | jsonpath | before 1.3.0 | 1.3.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | org.webjars.npm:jsonpath | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | jsonpath (npm) | before 1.3.0 | 1.3.0 | Patch available | GHSA-87r5-mp6g-5w5j |
- jsonpath Vendor— Affected before 1.3.0 Fixed in 1.3.0 Patch available CNA
- org.webjars.npm:jsonpath Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- jsonpath (npm) Vendor— Affected before 1.3.0 Fixed in 1.3.0 Patch available GHSA-87r5-mp6g-5w5j
Remediation
- Fix · CNA jsonpath Fixed in 1.3.0
- Fix · GHSA-87r5-mp6g-5w5j jsonpath (npm) Fixed in 1.3.0 Advisory →
Red Hat 5 advisories
- RHSA-2026:59155 Released 2026-08-24 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 Container Release Update
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-26/controller-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-26/eda-controller-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-26/ee-supported-rhel9 +5
- RHSA-2026:6802 Released 2026-04-07 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Developer Hub 1.9.3 release.
- Red Hat Developer Hub 1.9 registry.redhat.io/rhdh/rhdh-hub-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhdh/rhdh-rhel9-operator
- RHSA-2026:6404 Released 2026-04-01 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 Container Release Update
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-26/gateway-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-26/hub-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-26/lightspeed-chatbot-rhel9 +2
Show 2 more Red Hat advisories
- RHSA-2026:6309 Released 2026-03-31 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 Container Release Update
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-26/gateway-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-26/hub-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-26/lightspeed-chatbot-rhel9 +2
- RHSA-2026:6308 Released 2026-03-31 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 Container Release Update
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-25/lightspeed-chatbot-rhel8, registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-25/lightspeed-rhel8
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Migration Toolkit for Virtualization | Affected | No fix yet |
| OpenShift Pipelines | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Fuse 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Self-service automation portal 2 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:6308 |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:59155, RHSA-2026:6309 |
| Red Hat Developer Hub 1.9 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:6802 |
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6
- Red Hat Developer Hub 1.9
- Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)
- Red Hat Quay 3
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-1615
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-87r5-mp6g-5w5j
References
Other 6
- https://github.com/dchester/jsonpath/blob/c1dd8ec74034fb0375233abb5fdbec51ac317b4b/lib/handlers.js%23L243
- https://github.com/dchester/jsonpath/commit/b61111f07ac1a8d0f3133b5fc51438ecb76a6c39
- https://github.com/dchester/jsonpath/pull/197
- https://github.com/dchester/jsonpath/commit/491e2e01de2ff13f7d95e87eb2be726edbf4225f
- https://github.com/dchester/jsonpath
- https://github.com/dchester/jsonpath/blob/c1dd8ec74034fb0375233abb5fdbec51ac317b4b/lib/handlers.js#L243
Sources
- CVE-2026-1615 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-1615 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-87r5-mp6g-5w5j · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-1615 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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