# 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 ex

- Also known as: GHSA-87R5-MP6G-5W5J
- Severity: CVSS 9.2 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.3.0
- Published: 2026-02-09 · Updated: 2026-08-25

## Affected

- n/a jsonpath: fixed in 1.3.0
- n/a org.webjars.npm:jsonpath: all versions
- jsonpath (npm): fixed in 1.3.0

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a jsonpath, n/a org.webjars.npm:jsonpath, jsonpath, upgrade to a fixed version (1.3.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-JSONPATH-13645034
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-15141219
- https://github.com/dchester/jsonpath/blob/c1dd8ec74034fb0375233abb5fdbec51ac317b4b/lib/handlers.js%23L243
- https://github.com/dchester/jsonpath/commit/b61111f07ac1a8d0f3133b5fc51438ecb76a6c39

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