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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-15366

An issue was discovered in ajv.validate() in Ajv (aka Another JSON Schema Validator) 6.12.2. A carefully crafted JSON schema could be provided that allows execution of other code by prototype pollution. (While untrusted schemas are recommended against, the worst case of an untrusted schema should be a denial of service, not execution of code.)

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31 Oct 2026, 10:53 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-15366

core-osv · Original source

Published 15 Jul 2020, 20:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in ajv.validate() in Ajv (aka Another JSON Schema Validator) 6.12.2. A carefully crafted JSON schema could be provided that allows execution of other code by prototype pollution. (While untrusted schemas are recommended against, the worst case of an untrusted schema should be a denial of service, not execution of code.)

osv:CVE-2020-15366
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-15366",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2020-15366",
    "summary": "An issue was discovered in ajv.validate() in Ajv (aka Another JSON Schema Validator) 6.12.2. A carefully crafted JSON schema could be provided that allows execution of other code by prototype pollution. (While untrusted schemas are recommended against, the worst case of an untrusted schema should be a denial of service, not execution of code.)",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-15366",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
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        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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                        "introduced": "6.12.2"
                      },
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                  {
                    "range": [
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                  }
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          "versions": [
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          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:51:55.499230549Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/ajv-validator/ajv/releases/tag/v6.12.3",
        "https://github.com/ajv-validator/ajv/tags",
        "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0007/",
        "https://hackerone.com/bugs?subject=user&report_id=894259"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 383131,
  "published_at": "2020-07-15T20:15:13.38+00:00"
}