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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

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

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8041-1

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