# CVE-2024-21528: All versions of the package node-gettext are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via the addTranslations() function in gettext.js due to impro

- Also known as: GHSA-G974-HXVM-X689
- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-09-10 · Updated: 2024-11-12

## Affected

- n/a node-gettext: all versions
- node-gettext (npm): through 3.0.0

## Description

All versions of the package node-gettext are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via the addTranslations() function in gettext.js due to improper user input sanitization.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Node.js, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-NODEGETTEXT-6100943
- https://github.com/alexanderwallin/node-gettext/blob/65d9670f691c2eeca40dce129c95bcf8b613d344/lib/gettext.js%23L113

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