Vulnerability · Published Jul 18, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2026-16151CartoDB carto-api-client filters.ts addFilter prototype pollution

Medium 6.3

In plain English

A medium-severity prototype pollution in carto-api-client from CartoDB. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 39% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 61.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
CartoDB	carto-api-client	0.5.29

Weakness: CWE-1321, CWE-94 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:X/RL:X/RC:R

References

VDB-379917 | CartoDB carto-api-client filters.ts addFilter prototype pollution vdb-entry, technical-description
VDB-379917 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) signature, permissions-required
CVE-2026-16151 | CVE Analysis and Report third-party-advisory
Submit #857043 | Node.js @carto/api-client 0.5.29 Prototype Pollution third-party-advisory
https://github.com/CartoDB/carto-api-client/issues/299 issue-tracking
https://github.com/CartoDB/carto-api-client/ product