CVE-2026-55602

Summary

http-proxy-middleware is node.js http-proxy middleware. From 0.16.0 until 2.0.10, 3.0.6, and 4.1.0, http-proxy-middleware documents router proxy-table entries as host, path, or host+path selectors, but the host+path implementation uses unanchored substring matching on attacker-controlled request metadata. As a result, a crafted Host header that is only a superstring match for a configured host+path key can still route a request to an unintended backend. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.0.10, 3.0.6, and 4.1.0.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
chimuraihttp-proxy-middleware>= 4.0.0, < 4.1.0affected
chimuraihttp-proxy-middleware>= 3.0.0, < 3.0.6affected
chimuraihttp-proxy-middleware>= 0.16.0, < 2.0.10affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-20: CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-187: CWE-187: Partial String Comparison

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: poc
    • Automatable: yes
    • Technical Impact: partial

Additional References

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