# CVE-2021-23450: Prototype Pollution

- Also known as: GHSA-M8GW-HJPR-RJV7
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-12-17 · Updated: 2026-10-08

## Affected

- n/a dojo: fixed in unspecified
- dojo (npm): through 1.16.4

## Description

All versions of package dojo are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via the setObject function.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a dojo, dojo, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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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-DOJO-1535223
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-2313033
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWERGITHUBDOJO-2313034
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWER-2313035
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARS-2313036
- https://github.com/dojo/dojo/blob/4c39c14349408fc8274e19b399ffc660512ed07c/_base/lang.js%23L172
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00030.html

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