From 88a5dfb7b79c25cb804afeee443f7f08d2283519 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julian Lam <julian@nodebb.org>
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 12:14:11 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: unintentional object pollution by
 buildForSelectCategories

---
 src/categories/index.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/categories/index.js b/src/categories/index.js
index 5e5efd921a..b266788b3a 100644
--- a/src/categories/index.js
+++ b/src/categories/index.js
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ async function getSelectData(cids, fields) {
 }
 
 Categories.buildForSelectCategories = function (categories, fields, parentCid) {
-	function recursive(category, categoriesData, level, depth) {
+	function recursive({ ...category }, categoriesData, level, depth) {
 		const bullet = level ? '&bull; ' : '';
 		category.value = category.cid;
 		category.level = level;