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Ubuntu 22.04 Dottie Critical Remote Code Execution USN-8041-1

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Calendar Grey February 12, 2026
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Dottie in Ubuntu could run programs with crafted traffic, risking remote code execution. Update to secure your systems.
Dottie could be made to run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.

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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical remote code execution Ubuntu prototype pollution node-dottie

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

Severity
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8041-1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical remote code execution Ubuntu prototype pollution node-dottie

Package Information

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