[USN-8041-1] Dottie vulnerability

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8041-1
February 12, 2026

node-dottie vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Summary:

Dottie could be made to run programs if it received specially crafted
network traffic.

Software Description:
- node-dottie: Fast and safe nested object access and manipulation in JavaScript

Details:

Yuhan Gao and Peng Zhou discovered that Dottie was vulnerable to prototype
pollution when altering the __proto__ magical attribute. An attacker could
possibly use this issue to achieve remote code execution.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
node-dottie 2.0.2-4ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
node-dottie 2.0.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8041-1
CVE-2023-26132