Security advisory

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  "id": "8e59a3a3ac537e51b6ddcac6176119907213f286c4e0dca6a160a42a85eb11df",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-23445",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-23445",
    "summary": "This affects the package datatables.net before 1.11.3. If an array is passed to the HTML escape entities function it would not have its contents escaped.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-23445",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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      "id": "CVE-2021-23445",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-23445",
        "GHSA-h73q-5wmj-q8pj"
      ],
      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/datatables/datatablessrc",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "79772b97fe6d45af67057cc13fa6af3f00c873ea"
                }
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:datatables:datatables.net:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
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                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
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                        "fixed": "1.11.3"
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                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
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                ]
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          "versions": [
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            "1.11.1",
            "1.11.0",
            "1.10.25",
            "1.7.0",
            "1.0.1",
            "1.10.23",
            "1.10.22",
            "1.10.21",
            "1.10.20",
            "1.10.16",
            "1.10.15",
            "1.10.14",
            "1.10.13",
            "1.10.12",
            "1.10.11",
            "1.10.10",
            "1.10.9",
            "1.10.8",
            "1.10.7",
            "1.10.6",
            "1.10.5",
            "1.10.4",
            "1.10.3",
            "1.10.2",
            "1.10.1",
            "1.10.0",
            "1.10.0-rc.1",
            "1.10.0-beta.2"
          ],
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          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/datatables/dist-datatables",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "59a8d3f8a3c1138ab08704e783bc52bfe88d7c9b"
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              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
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          ],
          "versions": [
            "1.11.2",
            "1.11.1",
            "1.11.0",
            "1.10.24",
            "1.10.23",
            "1.10.22",
            "1.10.21",
            "1.10.20",
            "1.10.19",
            "1.10.18",
            "1.10.17",
            "1.10.16",
            "1.10.15",
            "1.10.14",
            "1.10.13",
            "1.10.12",
            "1.10.11",
            "1.10.10",
            "1.10.9"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:51:24.523571112Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00018.html",
        "https://cdn.datatables.net/1.11.3/",
        "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0006/",
        "https://github.com/DataTables/Dist-DataTables/commit/59a8d3f8a3c1138ab08704e783bc52bfe88d7c9b",
        "https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWER-1715371",
        "https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1715376",
        "https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-DATATABLESNET-1540544"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-23445",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 442594,
  "published_at": "2021-09-27T17:15:08.137+00:00"
}