USN-8041-1: Dottie vulnerability

Publication date

12 February 2026

Overview

Dottie could be made to run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.


Packages

  • node-dottie - Fast and safe nested object access and manipulation in JavaScript

Details

Yuhan Gao and Peng Zhou discovered that Dottie was vulnerable to prototype
pollution when altering the proto magical attribute. An attacker could
possibly use this issue to achieve remote code execution.

Yuhan Gao and Peng Zhou discovered that Dottie was vulnerable to prototype
pollution when altering the proto magical attribute. An attacker could
possibly use this issue to achieve remote code execution.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
22.04 LTS jammy node-dottie –  2.0.2-4ubuntu0.1~esm1  
20.04 LTS focal node-dottie –  2.0.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  

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