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.
Published: 2026-08-21
Score: 9.3 Critical
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-2943-5xfg-gq5f JSONata vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution via crafted JSONata expressions
History

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 21:00:00 +0000

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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.
Title JSONata: Arbitrary Code Execution via crafted JSONata expressions
Weaknesses CWE-94
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.3, 'vector': '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'}


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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-21T20:51:43.500Z

Reserved: 2026-08-20T19:55:27.024Z

Link: CVE-2026-77414

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-21T21:17:07.410

Modified: 2026-08-21T21:17:07.410

Link: CVE-2026-77414

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