CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-16151

MediumCVSS 6.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.32%

24th percentile - higher than 24% of all known CVEs

Summary

A vulnerability was found in CartoDB carto-api-client version 0.5.29 in the addFilter function of src/filters.ts. Manipulation of the column argument leads to improperly controlled modification of object prototype attributes. The attack can be executed remotely.

Risk Assessment

The organization is at risk of remote exploitation leading to prototype pollution, which could result in privilege escalation or arbitrary code execution.

Recommendation

Immediately update the carto-api-client library to the latest available version, or apply temporary mitigations such as input validation in the addFilter function.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

A vulnerability has been found in CartoDB carto-api-client 0.5.29. This impacts the function addFilter of the file src/filters.ts. Such manipulation of the argument column leads to improperly controlled modification of object prototype attributes. The attack can be executed remotely. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS