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CVE-2026-41683
i18next-http-middleware is a middleware to be used with Node.js web frameworks like express or Fastify and also for Deno. Prior to version 3.9.3, i18next-http-middleware wrote user-controlled language values into the Content-Language response header after passing them through utils.escape(), which is an HTML-entity encoder that does not strip carriage return, line feed, or other control characters. When the application used an older i18next (< 19.5.0) that still exercised the backward-compatibil
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1
Preserved source conflicts
No provider value was silently selected as the winner.
cwe · 2 assertions
{"cweId":"CWE-113","description":"CWE-113: Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences in HTTP Headers ('HTTP Request/Response Splitting')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e0f16a4c372155c0fdf99e4c11051efe2b78db9cf9f8c351ce0180e906fc57cd · sha256:98e0b29cb50a53b7… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0
{"cweId":"CWE-79","description":"CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e0f16a4c372155c0fdf99e4c11051efe2b78db9cf9f8c351ce0180e906fc57cd · sha256:98e0b29cb50a53b7… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"i18next-http-middleware","vendor":"i18next","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 3.9.3"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e0f16a4c372155c0fdf99e4c11051efe2b78db9cf9f8c351ce0180e906fc57cd · sha256:98e0b29cb50a53b7… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"LOW","baseScore":8.6,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"LOW","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e0f16a4c372155c0fdf99e4c11051efe2b78db9cf9f8c351ce0180e906fc57cd · sha256:98e0b29cb50a53b7… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
2 source assertions{"cweId":"CWE-113","description":"CWE-113: Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences in HTTP Headers ('HTTP Request/Response Splitting')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e0f16a4c372155c0fdf99e4c11051efe2b78db9cf9f8c351ce0180e906fc57cd · sha256:98e0b29cb50a53b7… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0
{"cweId":"CWE-79","description":"CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e0f16a4c372155c0fdf99e4c11051efe2b78db9cf9f8c351ce0180e906fc57cd · sha256:98e0b29cb50a53b7… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
1 source assertion{"name":"https://github.com/i18next/i18next-http-middleware/security/advisories/GHSA-c3h8-g69v-pjrg","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/i18next/i18next-http-middleware/security/advisories/GHSA-c3h8-g69v-pjrg"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e0f16a4c372155c0fdf99e4c11051efe2b78db9cf9f8c351ce0180e906fc57cd · sha256:98e0b29cb50a53b7… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
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