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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.9

CVE-2024-21528 json

node-gettext vulnerable to Prototype Pollution

published 2024-09-10 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-g974-hxvm-x689 , EUVD-2024-2797

cvss
5.9
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 47%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

All versions of the package node-gettext are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via the addTranslations() function in gettext.js due to improper user input sanitization.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-21528 updated cvss 5.9

node-gettext: Prototype Pollution

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift4/ose-console Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4 odf4/odf-console-rhel9, odf4/ocs-client-console-rhel9, odf4/odf-multicluster-console-rhel9
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4 container-native-virtualization/kubevirt-console-plugin, container-native-virtualization/kubevirt-console-plugin-rhel9
    affected: workaround, no fix available, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat RHODF 4.15 for RHEL 9 odf4/odf-console-rhel9 v4.15.12-1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:1865
  • Red Hat RHODF 4.16 for RHEL 9 odf4/odf-console-rhel9 v4.16.8-1, odf4/ocs-client-console-rhel9 v4.16.8-1, odf4/odf-multicluster-console-rhel9 v4.16.8-1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:1829
  • Red Hat RHODF 4.17 for RHEL 9 odf4/odf-console-rhel9 v4.17.5-1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:1824
  • Red Hat RHODF 4.18 for RHEL 9 odf4/odf-console-rhel9 v4.18.0-65, odf4/ocs-client-console-rhel9 v4.18.0-65, odf4/odf-multicluster-console-rhel9 v4.18.0-64
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:2652
  • Red Hat RHODF 4.15 for RHEL 9 odf4/cephcsi-rhel9 v4.15.12-1, odf4/odf-cli-rhel9 v4.15.12-1, odf4/mcg-core-rhel9 v4.15.12-1, odf4/mcg-rhel9-operator v4.15.12-1, odf4/ocs-rhel9-operator v4.15.12-1, odf4/odf-rhel9-operator v4.15.12-1, +19 more Red Hat RHODF 4.16 for RHEL 9 odf4/cephcsi-rhel9 v4.16.8-1, odf4/odf-cli-rhel9 v4.16.8-1, odf4/mcg-core-rhel9 v4.16.8-1, odf4/mcg-rhel9-operator v4.16.8-1, odf4/ocs-rhel9-operator v4.16.8-1, odf4/odf-rhel9-operator v4.16.8-1, +20 more Red Hat RHODF 4.17 for RHEL 9 odf4/cephcsi-rhel9 v4.17.5-2, odf4/odf-cli-rhel9 v4.17.5-2, odf4/mcg-core-rhel9 v4.17.5-2, odf4/mcg-rhel9-operator v4.17.5-2, odf4/ocs-rhel9-operator v4.17.5-2, odf4/odf-rhel9-operator v4.17.5-2, +24 more Red Hat RHODF 4.18 for RHEL 9 odf4/cephcsi-rhel9 v4.18.0-54, odf4/odf-cli-rhel9 v4.18.0-40, odf4/mcg-core-rhel9 v4.18.0-80, odf4/mcg-rhel9-operator v4.18.0-35, odf4/ocs-rhel9-operator v4.18.0-85, odf4/odf-rhel9-operator v4.18.0-29, +23 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P
CNA 3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
GitHub 3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm node-gettext
<=3.0.0
 no fix listed

Affected products

  • n/a node-gettext

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-1321 Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.