RCE in Jsonpath

CVE-2026-1615

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.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.0th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-1615: held from 0.010 to 0.011.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.011 · change: +0.000

Affected products

  • Jsonpath — versions 0
  • Org.webjars.npm:jsonpath — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-1615?
CVE-2026-1615 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Jsonpath, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-02-09.
How severe is CVE-2026-1615?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.