CVE-2021-3918

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS score.

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2021-11-19. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, NVD CVSS v3

Also known asEUVD-2021-2320 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-896r-f27r-55mw (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 3.8%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

json-schema is vulnerable to Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8CRITICALmedium confidence
EG Risk
46
EG Risk 46/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity98% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 9.8 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation3.8% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's BOD 26-04 default: no one has published Automatable for this CVE, and CISA treats it as “no” for a CVE not in KEV.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation none (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
3.8%
EPSS %ILE
90th
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (9.8): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.8 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
9.8 CRITICALCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
3.8% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-12). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

November 13, 2021

Last Modified

January 17, 2025

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated Oct 10, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github_commit.
Web pageMentions a patch (unverified)

[SECURITY] [DLA 3228-1] node-json-schema security update

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00013.html
Web page

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GitHub commit

commit 22f146111f54 (kriszyp/json-schema)

Fix landed in kriszyp/json-schema commit 22f146111f54 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/kriszyp/json-schema/commit/22f146111f541d9737e832823699ad3528ca7741

Patch Availability(12)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntunode-json-schema (0.2.3-1+deb10u1build0.20.04.1) @ focal2026-11-11ubuntu
redhatnodejs:12-8040020220523155137.522a0ee42022-07-19redhat
redhatnodejs:12-8020020220523154454.4cda2c842022-06-28redhat
redhatnodejs:12-8060020220523160029.ad008a3a2022-06-21redhat
redhatrhacm2/search-api-rhel8:v2.5.0-252022-06-09redhat
redhatnodejs:12-8010020220518102644.c27ad7f82022-06-07redhat
redhatrh-nodejs12-nodejs-0:12.22.12-2.el72022-06-06redhat
redhatnodejs:14-8050020211213115342.c53685002022-02-01redhat
redhatnodejs:14-8040020211213111158.522a0ee42022-01-25redhat
redhatrh-nodejs14-nodejs-nodemon-0:2.0.3-6.el72022-01-06redhat
redhatnodejs:16-8050020211206113934.c53685002021-12-16redhat
npmjson-schema @ 0.4.0 (fixes < 0.4.0)—ghsa

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(6 across 6 ecosystems)
Debian:10(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
node-json-schema0.2.3-1
  • every version up to 0.2.3-1+deb10u1: fixed in 0.2.3-1+deb10u1
—
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
node-json-schema0.3.0+~7.0.6-1
  • every version up to 0.3.0+~7.0.6-1+deb11u1: fixed in 0.3.0+~7.0.6-1+deb11u1
—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
node-json-schema—
  • every version up to 0.4.0+~7.0.9-1: fixed in 0.4.0+~7.0.9-1
—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
node-json-schema—
  • every version up to 0.4.0+~7.0.9-1: fixed in 0.4.0+~7.0.9-1
—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
node-json-schema—
  • every version up to 0.4.0+~7.0.9-1: fixed in 0.4.0+~7.0.9-1
—
npm(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
json-schema—
  • every version up to 0.4.0: fixed in 0.4.0
—

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(1)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 20× in last 7d / 74× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed its CVE.org record (CNA or CISA ADP). An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). "EchelonGraph re-scored" is our own recompute of this CVE's score, not an update from a source, and is not counted in the refreshes above. Most recent first.

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A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 200 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-11-13 16:41 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 90th percentile
  2. 2026-11-12 22:43 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  3. 2026-11-12 22:43 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-11-12 22:43 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-896r-f27r-55mw · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  5. 2026-11-12 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 90th percentile
  6. 2026-11-11 23:47 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  7. 2026-11-11 23:47 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-11-11 23:47 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-896r-f27r-55mw · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  9. 2026-11-11 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 90th percentile
  10. 2026-11-11 01:04 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  11. 2026-11-11 01:04 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-11-11 01:04 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-896r-f27r-55mw · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  13. 2026-11-10 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 90th percentile
  14. 2026-11-10 02:20 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  15. 2026-11-10 02:20 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-11-10 02:20 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-896r-f27r-55mw · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  17. 2026-11-09 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 90th percentile
  18. 2026-11-09 03:39 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  19. 2026-11-09 03:39 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-11-09 03:39 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-896r-f27r-55mw · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  21. 2026-11-08 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 90th percentile
  22. 2026-11-08 04:56 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  23. 2026-11-08 04:56 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-11-08 04:56 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-896r-f27r-55mw · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  25. 2026-11-07 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 90th percentile
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  1. 2026-11-07 06:13 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  2. 2026-11-07 06:13 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-896r-f27r-55mw · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  3. 2026-11-06 16:30 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 90th percentile
  4. 2026-11-06 07:31 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  5. 2026-11-06 07:31 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-11-06 07:31 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-896r-f27r-55mw · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  7. 2026-11-05 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 90th percentile
  8. 2026-11-05 08:49 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  9. 2026-11-05 08:49 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-11-05 08:49 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-896r-f27r-55mw · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  11. 2026-11-04 16:30 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 90th percentile
  12. 2026-11-04 10:06 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  13. 2026-11-04 10:06 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-11-04 10:06 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-896r-f27r-55mw · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  15. 2026-11-03 19:55 UTCOSV refresh
  16. 2026-11-03 16:38 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 90th percentile
  17. 2026-11-03 11:22 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  18. 2026-11-03 11:22 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-11-03 11:22 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-896r-f27r-55mw · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  20. 2026-11-02 16:37 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 90th percentile
  21. 2026-11-02 12:39 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  22. 2026-11-02 12:39 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-11-02 12:39 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-896r-f27r-55mw · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  24. 2026-11-01 13:56 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-11-01 13:56 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-896r-f27r-55mw · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  26. 2026-11-01 08:31 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-896r-f27r-55mw · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  27. 2026-11-01 08:31 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  28. 2026-10-31 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 90th percentile
  29. 2026-10-31 15:14 UTCVendor advisory
  30. 2026-10-30 16:31 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  31. 2026-10-30 16:31 UTCVendor advisory
  32. 2026-10-30 16:30 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 90th percentile
  33. 2026-10-29 17:50 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  34. 2026-10-29 17:50 UTCVendor advisory
  35. 2026-10-29 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 90th percentile
  36. 2026-10-28 19:08 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  37. 2026-10-28 19:08 UTCVendor advisory
  38. 2026-10-28 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 90th percentile
  39. 2026-10-27 20:03 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  40. 2026-10-27 20:03 UTCVendor advisory
  41. 2026-10-27 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 90th percentile
  42. 2026-10-26 21:21 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  43. 2026-10-26 21:21 UTCVendor advisory
  44. 2026-10-26 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 90th percentile
  45. 2026-10-25 20:34 UTCVendor advisory
  46. 2026-10-25 18:23 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  47. 2026-10-25 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 90th percentile
  48. 2026-10-24 21:52 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  49. 2026-10-24 21:52 UTCVendor advisory
  50. 2026-10-24 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 90th percentile
  51. 2026-10-23 23:10 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  52. 2026-10-23 23:10 UTCVendor advisory
  53. 2026-10-23 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 90th percentile
  54. 2026-10-23 00:28 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  55. 2026-10-23 00:28 UTCVendor advisory
  56. 2026-10-22 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 90th percentile
  57. 2026-10-22 01:44 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  58. 2026-10-22 01:44 UTCVendor advisory
  59. 2026-10-21 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 90th percentile
  60. 2026-10-21 03:01 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  61. 2026-10-21 03:01 UTCVendor advisory
  62. 2026-10-20 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 89th percentile
  63. 2026-10-20 04:17 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  64. 2026-10-20 04:17 UTCVendor advisory
  65. 2026-10-19 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 89th percentile
  66. 2026-10-19 05:07 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  67. 2026-10-19 05:07 UTCVendor advisory
  68. 2026-10-18 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 89th percentile
  69. 2026-10-18 06:23 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  70. 2026-10-18 06:23 UTCVendor advisory
  71. 2026-10-17 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 89th percentile
  72. 2026-10-17 07:38 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  73. 2026-10-17 07:38 UTCVendor advisory
  74. 2026-10-16 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 89th percentile
  75. 2026-10-16 08:53 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2021-3918?
CVE-2021-3918 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on November 13, 2021. json-schema is vulnerable to Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')
When was the CVE record for CVE-2021-3918 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2021-3918 was published on November 13, 2021. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of January 17, 2025; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2021-3918 actively exploited?
CVE-2021-3918 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 3.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (90th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2021-3918?
CVE-2021-3918 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2021-3918?
A fix for CVE-2021-3918 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2021-3918 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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