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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-8237

Prototype pollution in json-bigint npm package < 1.0.0 may lead to a denial-of-service (DoS) attack.

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CVE-2020-8237
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1 Nov 2026, 07:03 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-8237

core-osv · Original source

Published 18 Sept 2020, 21:15 UTC

Prototype pollution in json-bigint npm package < 1.0.0 may lead to a denial-of-service (DoS) attack.

osv:CVE-2020-8237
Complete source record
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