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Medium · 6.3 CVE-2026-27837 EUVD-2026-8788GHSA-r5mx-6wc6-7h9w

Dottie vulnerable to prototype pollution bypass via non-first path segments in set() and transform()

Published Feb 26, 2026 · Updated Feb 26, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Dottie provides nested object access and manipulation in JavaScript. Versions 2.0.4 through 2.0.6 contain an incomplete fix for CVE-2023-26132. The prototype pollution guard introduced in commit `7d3aee1` only validates the first segment of a dot-separated path, allowing an attacker to bypass the protection by placing `__proto__` at any position other than the first. Both `dottie.set()` and `dottie.transform()` are affected. Version 2.0.7 contains an updated fix to address the residual vulnerability.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
mickhansen dottie.js >= 2.0.4, < 2.0.7 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 node-dottie 2.0.7+~2.0.7-1 —
Debian 13 node-dottie No fix yet —
Debian 12 node-dottie No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 node-dottie No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS node-dottie No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 node-dottie No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS node-dottie No fix yet —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS node-dottie No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS node-dottie No fix yet —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm dottie >= 2.0.4, < 2.0.7 2.0.7 GHSA-r5mx-6wc6-7h9w

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